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Ordnance Survey - Moray county, OS Name Books - Moray county - Volume 19 - Parish of Speymouth, OS1/12/19

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Co. [County] of Elgin - Parish of Speymouth

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Indicates the Site of an ancient building well Known by the name no vestige of which is to be Seen now. Excrept from Shaws history of the province of Moray At the churchyard Stile there Stood a Small house Commonly called the house of the Holy Ghost - around which Sun-way. the people made a tour with the corps, at burials and could not be restrained from this Superstition till the walls were quite razed from the ground. the Grave yard is Still used as a public burial place




[signed]
James Gray Sapr R.E. [Royal Engineers]

Ordnance Survey - Moray county, OS Name Books - Moray county - Volume 19 - Parish of Speymouth, OS1/12/19

This volume contains place name information from the parish of Speymouth.

Ordnance Survey - Moray 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 Moray, 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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