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Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 81 - Parish of Strathdon, OS1/1/81

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Parish of Strathdon

[Note beside 'Boglach Gorm']
Bog tho' [though] properly an adj. [adjective] is constantly used as a noun. Bog gorm I think is right [Initialled] JMcD
Gorm. Blue. azure. blue of whatever shade: also green as grass. 'Feur gorm', green grass,
Gorm. A blue Colour; A grassy or green plain. (Gaelic)

[Note beside 'Tom Bàn']
Tom. A round hillock or knoll. A rising ground. A swell. An eminence; Any round heap.
Ban. Baine, white, pale, wan. fair. fair haired; Also vacant, waste, light in colour. (Gaelic)

Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 81 - Parish of Strathdon, OS1/1/81

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

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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