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Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 80 - Parish of Slains, OS1/1/80

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Aberdeenshire -- Parish of Slains

[Note beside 'Black Stank'] -
Stank. A pool or pond, the ditch of a fortified town.
Stanked, surrounded with a ditch.
Stank-Hen A species of water-fowl that breeds about stanks or ponds. Ettr. For; supposed to be the Common Water Hen (Jamieson)

Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 80 - Parish of Slains, OS1/1/80

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

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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