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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 'Dog Daughters'] - Dog, Sea-Dog. A name given by mariners to a meteor seen close to the horizon, generally before sunrise, or after sunset; viewed as a certain prognostic of the approach of bad weather.
Daugh. A certain Division of land, determined by its being able to produce forty eight bolls.
Daugh. A very heavy dew, or drizzling rain. (Jamieson)

[Note beside 'Lum Cave'] - Lum. Lumb. A chimney, sometimes the Chimney top. The whole of the building appropriated for one or more Chimneys; the stalk. (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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