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Ordnance Survey - Kincardine county, OS Name Books - Kincardine county - Volume 10 - Parish of Fetteresso, OS1/19/10

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Parish of Fetteresso

[Note Slughead] -- "Slugaid - A Slough or deep miry place, the throat or gullet. (Gaelic)

[Note Cowie House] -- "Coille - A Wood, a forest, a grove." (Gaelic)
In the old writings this place is spelt
Colly or Collie.
[initialled] B.R.

"William Fraser and his spouse Margaret
Murray had the thanedom of Colly or Cowie
from David II (Mems [Memorials] of Angus & Mearns." Page 12 *

Ordnance Survey - Kincardine county, OS Name Books - Kincardine county - Volume 10 - Parish of Fetteresso, OS1/19/10

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

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.

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