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Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 42 - Parish of Inverury, OS1/1/42

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Parish of Inverury

KnocKinglew

If it was difficult to identify the hill, it is still more so to determine the proper form of the name. I would prefer KnocKinglewes as the most common spelling in legal documents during last 200 years. Col. [Colonel] Leslie, in the "Records of the Family of Leslie," however, spells throughout this work KnocKenlewes but gives no authority for doing so. In the 15th 16th & part of the 17th centuries KnoKinblewis was the almost uniform spelling. There is no question these names all apply to the same hill, but I have failed to discover if Conglass is a contracted form of the same name. Conglass is quite close to Middleton, Netherton & Auldtown of KnoKinglewes or KnoKinblewis, & in fact it marches with Middleton. In 1257 & 1550 it is given KnoKinglass, which is a good Gaelic name, while all the others are to me perfectly unintelligible.
If I get any further information about this name I will report. J McD
(Left margin annotated)
I notice, however since writing this note that Dr. [Doctor] Davidson in "Earldom of the Garioch" spells - glews, which has been adopted in a later local work. It may be well to follow & say - Knockinglews

Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 42 - Parish of Inverury, OS1/1/42

This volume contains information on Aberdeenshire place names found in the parish of Inverury.

Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Aberdeen, which is in the north east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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