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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Garvock Garvock
Garvock
Garvock
Garvock
Garvock
Garvock
New. Stat. Act. [Statistical Account]
Land of the Lindsays
Memorials of Angus & Mearns
Valuation Roll 1862-63
Revd. [Reverend] J. Mitchell (Minister)
Garden's Co [County] Map.
"In the former Statistical account of this parish, the name Garvock is said to be 'originally Gaelic, and to Signify the rugged hill' - consequently derived from the two Gaelic words Gairabh and Cnoc. But as the hill of Garvock is by no means particularly rugged, it is much more probable that Garvock is derived from the two Gaelic words Gairabh and [pouc], Signifying the rough marsh or meadow, a name which is still very descriptive of the uncultivated part of the parish, and must have been originally highly applicable to the whole.
The extreme length of the parish from N.E. [North East] to S.W. [South West] is fully seven miles, and its extreme breadth from N.W. [North West] to S.E. [South East] is about four miles. Its boundary line is very irregular, so that its contents do not much exceed 13 Square Miles. It is bounded on the N.E. [North East] by the parish of Arbuthnott, on the S.E. [South East] by the parishes of Benholme and St Cyrus, on the S.W. [South West] by the parish of Marykirk, and on N.W. [North West] by the parish of Laurencekirk.
A Considerable portion of this parish Consists of a large hollow plain, Containing about 3500 imperial acres
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