OS1/28/29/99

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
HILTON MILLS (Woollen, Corn & Saw) Hilton Mills (wool corn and saw) Alexander Mackay Occupier
John Grant, Aldie
John Shivas, Bogbain
042 Three Mills wool corn and Saw chiefly used by the tenantry of Fendom and Hilton they are the property of R.B.E. Macleod Esqr. of Cadboll. The woollen mill is rather detached from the other two being about 10 chains northeast but they are all mentioned collectively and well known in the county as "Hilton Mills" when speaking either of the woollen, the saw, or the corn mill.
HILTON BRIDGE Hilton Bridge (County) Alexander Mackay occupier
John Grant, Aldie
John Shivas, Bogbain
042 A Small bridge on the old turnpike leading from Tain to Invergordon the point where the River Tain changes name for Aldie Water
ALDIE WATER Aldie Water Alexander Mackay occupier
John Grant, Aldie
John Shivas, Bogbain
041 This stream has its source at St David's Well at the western extremity of the Ph [parish] after a course of about 4 miles it changes its name at Hilton Bridge and is known from that point till it falls into the Dornoch Firth as the River Tain

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Rossshire and Cromartyshire (Det [detached] No. 3) -- Parish of Tain

[signed] James Gray
Sapper R.E. [Royal Engineers]

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