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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| CROMDALE INVERALLAN AND ADVIE | Cromdale Inverallan and Advie Cromdale Inverallan and Advie Cromdale Inverallan and Advie Cromdale |
Fullarton's Imperial Gazetteer Valuation Roll Old Statistical Account Oliver & Boyd's Almanack 1870 |
The Parish of Cromdale, Inverallan and Advie is in the presbytery of Abernethy and synod of Moray. Patron the Earl of Seafield. It is bounded on the North by Knockando on the South by Abernethy on the West by Duthil on the East by Inveraven and Kirkmichael. The parish of Cromdale Inverallan and Advie is situated in the Cos. [Counties] of Elgin and Inverness, the portion in the Co. [County] Elgin contains about ----- acres and is situated in the northern confines of the Parish, the remainder of the Parish which is in the county of Inverness contains about ----- acres There are no detached portions of the Parish in these or any other counties, neither are there detached portions of any other Parish within its limits. The soil in general is dry and thin, with the exception of the haughs on the banks of the Spey, which in point of fertility are equal to any in the neighbourhood. A series of sloping hills, richly clothed with forest, forms the north sides of the parish, and a range of lofty upland 7 or 8 miles long, covered with heath, called the Cromdale Hills forms the chief part of the South side, By Act of Parliament passed in 1870 the greater portion of the Parish is now in Elginshire |
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