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Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 47 - Parish of Kildrummy, OS1/1/47

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Parish of Kildrummy

[Note relating to 'Braidshaw']
Broad - Shaw = wood E. & Sco [Scotland] Here more like a flat piece of ground at foot of hill. So Lornshaw Birkenshaw
Brekan-shaw etc. JMcD
Braid. Twist or plaiting,
Braid, The cry of a child when newly born. Braid. assault, aim to strike. (Jamieson)

[Note relating to 'Corse of Laigh']
Corse. The cross or rood. The name sometimes
given to a piece of silver money, from its bearing the figure of A Cross. (Jamieson)
Laigh - Low. Corse = crossing

Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 47 - Parish of Kildrummy, OS1/1/47

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

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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