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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strachan | Strachan Strachan Strachan Strachan Strachan Strachan Strathaen and Strachan Strathaen and Strachan Strathaen and Strachan Strathaen and Strachan |
Mr David Gibb, Meresman Garden's Map of Kincardine 1774 Thomson's Map of Kincardine 1822 Mr Francis Low, Meresman for the Parish of Birse Dietrichsen & Hannay's Rl [Royal] Almanac Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac Gazetteer of Scotland Rev. [Reverend] James Duirs, Meresman Mr William Mutch, Registrar and Schoolmaster. Directing Posts at junctions of Roads. |
The parish derives its name from the river Aan or Aen, which takes its rise on the north side of mount Battack, flows down the strath or valley in a north-eastward direction, and falls into the Feugh. In the Old Kirk session records the name is written Strachaan or aen. Its modern orthography is Strachan, an is commonly pronounced Straan. The parish extends north and south from the River Dee to the Cairn O'Mount a distance of about 12 miles and east and west, from its junction with Fordoun parish to the top of Mount Battack a distance of fully 20 miles. It includes about 75 square miles. It is bounded on the north by the river Dee; on the east by the parishes of Banchory, Durris and Fourdoun; on the south by Fordoun, Glenbervie and Fettercairn; and on the west by Edzell, Lochlee and Birse. (New Stat. Acct [New Statistical Account] page 231) |
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Note. There is no detached portion
of this Parish in any other; nor,
is there a detached portion of
any other Parish in this.
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