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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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Sh. [Sheet] 59. Allt Slochd a` Bheithe 1st. Col. [Column] O. N. Bk. [Ordnance Name Book]
The name in 1st. Col. [Column] is correct, and in accordance with general usage.
Slochd. a` Bheithe. hollow of the birch
Allt Slochd a` Bheithe burn of the hollow of the birch (birch-wood)
Rule - when two or more nouns are under the
regimen of a preceeding noun the last only
is generally put in the genitive case.
as - oneas craobhan a`ghĂ raidh not
(chraobhan) the fruit of the trees of the
garden.
Alexander McDonald
16.10.95 [1895]

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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