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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Fettercairn | Fettercairn Fettercairn Fettercairn Fettercairn Fettercairn Fettercairn Fettercairn Fettercairn Fettercairn Fettercairn Fettercairn Fettercairn Fettercairn Fettercairn Fettercairn |
Sheriff's list of Meresmen John Smith Esqr. Meresman Valuation Roll 1862-63 New Stat Act [Statistical Account] Memoirs of Angus Mearns Jervise Land of the Lindsays Jervise List of Fairs in Scotland Revd. [Reverend] Mr Ritchie Fettercairn Revd. [Reverend] James McGowan Laurencekirk Revd. [Reverend] J. C. McClure Marykirk Revd. [Reverend] James Mitchell Laurencekirk Sir Thomas Gladstone Bart [Baronet] Sir John S Forbes Bart [Baronet] David Scott Esqr Balnakettle Garden's Co [County] Map |
"This parish is supposed by some to have derived its name from its vicinity to the Cairn O'Mount, a part of the Grampian Mountains over which the public road to Aberdeenshire passes, and to which it begins to ascend at a small distance to the north of the village. The parish of Fettercairn forms the extreme western division of Kincardineshire, on the South side of the Grampians. Its length, from South to North is 8 miles, and its greatest breadthe from East to West 4½. It contains about 13192 imperial acres, or about 20 Square Miles of Surface. It is bounded on the North and North-East by the Parish of Fordoun; on the East and South-East [continued on page 108] |
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