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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LITTLE LEIGHT Little Leight
Little Leight
Little Laigh
Little Leight
Little Laight
Little Leight
Little Laight
David Beggs Farmer
Mr William Black Writer
Ainslie's Map 1782
William Hunter
Rl. Engrs. [Royal Engineers] Map 1819
George McHaffie Esqr.
Admiralty Chart of Loch Ryan 1839
005 [Situation] 1¾ Miles North of Cairn Ryan Village
1¼ Miles North of Loch Ryan House
A neat and [Commodious] White Cottage with out offices in good [repair] housing a very large [farm] of Moor land [attached] Its the property of [General] Sir Alexander Wallace -
MEIKLE LEIGHT Meikle Leight
Meikle Leight
Mickle Laigh
Meikle Laight
Meikle Leight
Peter Stroyan Farmer
Mr William Black Writer
Ainslie's Map 1782
Rl. Engrs. [Royal Engineers] Map 1819
George McHaffie Esqr.
005 [Situation] 1 Mile N.N.E [North North East] of Cairn Ryan Village and ¾ Mile N by E [North by East] of Loch Ryan House
A large White house and out houses in [good] repair having a very [large] farm of chiefly, [moor] land attached
Its the property of [General] Sir Alexander Wallace

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Parish of Inch

Form 136
Page 56 & 93 - Little Leight
93 - Meikle Leight

"Meikle" Great, respecting size etc
Dr [Doctor] Jamieson's Dictionary

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