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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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BLACK ISLE | Black Isle Black Isle Black Isle |
Revd. [Reverend] Alexander Wood Revd. [Reverend] S. Fraser Mr. McKinnell |
078 | "The large peninsula between the Moray firth and the Cromarty firth. It comprises 8 parishes, & is distributed among the Counties of Cromarty, Ross, & Nairn. It consists for the most part of a series of Sandstone ridges and has, from almost end to end a broad-backed hilly summit. It lay, till recent times, in a dismally bleak and moorish Condition; but is now extensively cultivated and well-intersected by roads. "quoted from Fullarton's Gazetteer. The whole of this Ph. [Parish] is in the Black Isle. |
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[Page] 4County of Ross -- Burgh of Fortrose Ph. [Parish] of Rosemarkie
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