Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRUICKNESS | Cruickness Cruickness Cruickness Cruickness Cruickness Cruickness |
Mr Fraser Mr Grant Mr Pringle Property Map Mr Hoggan, N. [North] Qferry [Queensferry] Gellatlys Map |
039 | A good house situated on West Ness, it was some time since used for examination and airing of goods from Foreign Ports, suspected of containing disease, but is now used as a private residence |
| CRUICKS | Cruicks Cruicks Cruicks Cruicks Cruicks Crooks Crooks Crooks Crooks |
Mr Fraser Mr Grant Mr Pringle Mr Dalziel Map of Farm Frasers Map of Fife Turnpike Road Map Directory to Gentlemens etc. [Country Seats] |
039 | A large stonebuilt house on the north east side of the Ferry Hills, occupied by the Proprietor, Mr Dalziel. It appears to be the old method of spelling this word and is pron.ed [pronounced] here as if a written "Krucks" - Abt. [About] 20 chains South of the house is a small building constructed by a gentleman who resided at Cruicks as a place of internment for a child, for which purpose it was used a short time only. |
| INVERKEITHING BAY | Inverkeithing Bay Inverkeithing Bay Inverkeithing Bay Inverkeithing Bay |
Mr Fraser Mr Grant Mr Pringle Johnston's Co. [County] Map |
039 | A large Bay in the Firth of Forth on the east side of the Inner Bay and extending from the Downing Point to Carlin Knows Quarry near North Queensferry |
Continued entries/extra info
5 [right corner of header]
Plan 39 D Parish of Inverkeithing [in header]
1/2 a mile E [East] by North of Jamestown [Situation for Cruickness]
3/8 of a mile ESE {East South east] of Jamestown [Situation for Cruicks]
5/8 of a mile east of Jamestown [Situation for Inverkeithing Bay]
28th July 1854 [in right margin adjacent to description of Inverkeithing Bay]
[Note] Crooks The Windings of a River Jameson.
Transcriber's notes
Some entries, in spelling and authorities columns, have been made in either a red ink or an ink which has faded to a pale red colour.
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 76 - Parishes of Dunfermline and Inverkeithing, OS1/13/76
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Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties
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