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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ST. ÆTHAN'S WELL St. Æthan's Well
St. Æthan's Well
St. Æthan's Well
St. Æthan's Well
William Sclanders Esqr Factor Town Chamberlain Forres
Rev. [Reverend] Mr. Garroch Manse Burghead
Mr. R. P. Robertson Schoolmaster Burghead
Mr. A. Fraser. Postmaster Burghead
001.16 Applied to a Well situated about one half mile to the East of Burghead It is supposed to have derived its name from Ethernon a Bishop and Confessor who laboured in the north of Scotland towards the close of the Sixth Century. the name having become Corrupted This well had the propertys of healing, long ascribed to it by the inhabitants and it is extensively used at present being the only real fresh water in the neighbourhood the other wells being Brackish. It has no mineral properties. Major Cumming Bruce Dunphail Ho [House] by Forres proprietor
MASONSHAUGH Masonshaugh
Masonshaugh
Masonshaugh
Masonshaugh
William Sclanders
Rev. [Reverend] Mr. Garroch
Mr. R. P. Robertson
Mr. A. Fraser
001.16 A small farm steading situated about one half mile to the East Burghead the buildings are one story high thatched and in fair repair Major C. Bruce Proprietor

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