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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| [Arbuthnott continued] | [continued from page 1] below the Barons house'. This derivation is perfectly applicable to the Site of the ancient Castle, and the present house, the residence of the Arbuthnott family, who have been from time immemorial proprietors of the greater part of this parish. The house stands on the narrow point of a projecting eminence overlooking the water of Bervie as it flows through a beautiful valley on the South, close beneath it on the east, a rapid rivulet, formerly of considerable size, runs through a deep hollow and joins the Bervie a few hundred yards below. This parish contains from 14 to 15 Square miles of Surface. Its greatest extent from east to west is about 5 miles, and from north to South about 4 1/2. It is bounded on the west by the water of Bervie, which Separates it from the parish of Fordoun, on the north by the Forthy, which separates it from Glenbervie, on the north east by Dunnottar, on the east by Kinneff on the South by the parish of Bervie, from which it is separated by the water of Bervie for 2 1/2 miles after which it turns to the South west on which side it is bounded by the parish of Garvock." (New Stat. Act.) [New Statistical Account] |
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Ordnance Survey - Kincardine county, OS Name Books - Kincardine county - Volume 1 - Parish of Arbuthnott, OS1/19/1
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Arbuthnott
Ordnance Survey - Kincardine 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 Kincardine, which is in the north east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.