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Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 53 - Parish of Leochel and Cushnie, OS1/1/53

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[Note attached to previous page, p.65]

[Page] 65j

are of date about 50 years ago, &
were written by the Ministers of Towie
& Leochel Cushnie of that date.

So that it is clearly established
that 50 years ago the hill was known
by the name "Soccoch" by the people
who lived on the north side of it in Towie
& Leochel Cushnie; and that at the time
of the Ordnance Survey being carried out,
I think about 1867 or 1868, it was
known by the name "Sockaugh" to two
gentlemen who had lived all their lives
at Tarland on the South side of it,
namely Mr. Ross & Mr. Watson.

The Ordnance Surveyors there-
fore cannot be said to have applied
the name to the hill without considerable
reason.

At the same time as my house
is straight south of the hill at a distance

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Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 53 - Parish of Leochel and Cushnie, OS1/1/53

This volume contains information on Aberdeenshire place names found in the parish of Leochel and Cushnie.

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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