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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 'Sliochd Hill']
Sliochd. Seed, Offspring. descendents, (Gaelic)
Shd [Should] be Slioch Hill, or in Gaelic Sliabhach Hill - "Moorish Hill". [Initialled] JMcD
"Sliachd na roithean" i.e. The track or rut
"Sliochd a mheur" the print of his fingers

[Note beside 'Burn of Bogreewilliam']
Bogre is a der. [derivative] of bog - & means a marshy place. properly Bogaire [Initialled] JMcD

[Note beside 'Burn of Bogmeinneach']
Mionach. Bowels, entrails, intestines. (Gaelic)
Burn of Bog meadhonach "Middle bog." [Initialled] JMcD
Caochan meàneach
Caochan Bog-meaneach the stream of the soft ore or substance

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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