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Ordnance Survey - Angus county, OS Name Books - Forfar (Angus) county - Volume 14 - Parish of Carmyllie, OS1/14/14

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[Page] 13A

Back Boath

From what the Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Bell states, there is no doubt but
the name Back Boath ought to be written in two words -
not in one word. He says it is called Back Boath
in contradistinction to the Boath in Panbride Ph. [Parish]
This makes the case the same as if it was called
North Boath, the words North and Back being
mainly distinctive terms
See papers attached to N [Name] Sheet of "Site of Chapel" at
Back Boath, in which the Chapel is termed the
"Chapel of Both" - not the Chapel of Back Boath.
this term Back seems to have been introduced in later
times for the purpose of distinguishing the farms from
each other.

[signed] J. Keely
2nd Cor: R.E. [2nd Corporal Royal Engineers]

Ordnance Survey - Angus county, OS Name Books - Forfar (Angus) county - Volume 14 - Parish of Carmyllie, OS1/14/14

This volume contains information on place names found in the Forfarshire parish of Carmyllie.

Ordnance Survey - Angus 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 Angus, which is in the east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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