Volume contents
- 1 - Auchindoir etc , Page 1 (start)
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- 200 - Auchindoir etc , Page 200 (end)
- 201 - Auchindoir etc , Index
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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BLAEBERRY SLACK | Blaeberry Slack Blaeberry Slack Blaeberry Slack |
Mr. Alexander Dow. Shepherd, Pitenteach Mr. Jonathan Henderson. Upper Bigging Revd. [Reverend] William Reid The Manse |
051 | A Small Slack or ravine So Called from the quantity of bleaberries to be found in it. |
CORNCLOCH BURN | Corncloch Burn Corncloch Burn Corncloch Burn |
Mr. Alexander Dow Mr. Jonathan Henderson Revd. [Reverend] William Reid |
051 | A small stream known by this name flowing in a East by N.E. [North East] direction from its source till it joins the Burn of Shiels and Murchie Burn |
TORRIES | Torries Torries Torries |
Mr. Alexander Dow Mr. Jonathan Henderson Revd. [Reverend] William Reid |
051 | A rather Conspicuous eminence known by this name situated between the burns of Pitenteach, Corncloch and Murchie. |
Continued entries/extra info
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Parish of Auchindoir & Kearn
BLAEBERRY SLACK
"Blaeberry - The Billberry."(Jamieson)
"Bleaberry.- A baccinium."(Clarke)
CORNCLOCH
"Corn - A drinking burn
Cloch - A Stone." (Gaelic)
TORRIES
"Tor - A chair. " (Jamieson)
"Tarradth - A burial, or interment, Heaping etc. (Gaelic)
Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 6 - Parish of Auchindoir and Kearn, OS1/1/6
This volume contains information on Aberdeenshire place names found in the parish of Auchindoir and Kearn.
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.