OS1/12/15/18

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
MUIRTOWN Muirton
Muirton
Muitown
Mr McPherson occupier
Alexander Smith Kinloss
John Gow Factor Raith Kirkcaldy
006.14 A large Slated house two Stories high wth very inferior thatched office houses They are the property of the Heirs of the late Colonel Ferguson Novar, Ross-Shire
BLACKSTOB WOOD Blackstob Wood Mr McPherson
Alexander Smith
John Gow Factor Raith Kirkcaldy
006.10; 006.14 A large portion of fir wood lying on both sides of the Co [County] Road leading between Forres and Burghead it is situated on the Eastern Side of the Parish It is the property of the Heirs Col [Colonel] Ferguson Novar Rosshire
SOUTH DAMHEAD South Damhead Mr McPherson
Alexander Smith
John Gow Factor Raith Kirkcaldy
006.14 A small one storey thatched house with thatched office houses attached the whole in Midling repair they are the property of the Heirs of the late Colonel Ferguson

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County of Elgin -- Parish of Kinloss

[Muirtown] In reply to a letter the Factor states- "I have been looking at some of the Deeds wrtten out by our Edinburgh Agents and find that when anything relating to the Estate or Barony it is spelled Muirton, but the farm of Muirtown it is spelled the latter way"

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