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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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STEINISH [village] | Stenise Stenise Steinish Steinish |
Hugh McKenzie Roderick McSween John MacKenzie Donald Murray |
027 | On the Southern bank of Broad Bay in the farm of Stenish 2 miles East by north of Stornoway. A village, with twelve huts in it of a very poor discription the walls are only about 4 or 5 feet in height 1and the roofs thatched with straw or stubble and and have neither windows nor chimneys the inmates generally existing amidst a dark volume of peat which they consider benifical to health. |
CNOC NAN GABHAR OR GOAT HILL | Cnoc Gobhar Cnoc Gobhar Cnoc nan Gabhar or Goat Hill |
Hugh McKenzie John McRae John MacKay Donald Murray |
A low flat hill of good arable land about 1 mile N E of Stornoway [Entry crossed out] See page 44 |
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