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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SIADEIR IORACH Seadair Iochdrach John McDonald Shaddir
Informant could not spell
John Morrison Ordce [Ordnance] Survey
005 This is a Small Village on the left of the road from Stornoway to Ness about 11 miles from the latter and 16 miles from the former it contains about 27 Families who derive their Chief Suppor [Support] from the produce of the land which is tolerable good the houses Are built of peat moss lined with Stones and thatched this village has been larger Some of the people having emigrated others removed to a new portion lately Cultivate or reclaimed adjacent there is little or no fishing carried on here the coast beind very rough and bad &c.

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Plan 5 C -- List of Names collected by Thomas O Farrell ca [civilian assistant]
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Township or Parish - Barvas

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Seadair Iochdrach - Village

[signed] Thomas O Farrell ca [civilian assistant]
11t February 185[-]

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