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Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 78 - Parish of Campbeltown, OS1/2/78

Continued entries/extra info

[Page] 156a

Parish of Campbelton, Argyllshire

Namelist
Page 137 Ballimenach - 1.
Page 138 Lower Ballimenach
Page 155 Ballimenach Hill
Page 157 Ballimeanach - 2.

The doubt is on this latter
name, on the letter a
No 2 is to a house near
the Sea
No 1 is to a house, inland
and about three miles father North

Spelling of No. 1 adopted
HWL

Should we retian the
letter a in the name
marked 2
R M Parsons
Captain R.E. [Royal Engineers]
29th May 1869

In this case I would
recommend the a to be
deleted & adopt one
uniform spelling thus
"Ballimenach"
please to cause the
Name Book and Plan to be corrected accordingly
Captn. [Captain] Parsons
RE [Royal Engineers]

Bruce Hull Melville
Capt R.E. [Captian Royal Engineers]
30 June 1869

6 inch impression altered by Mr. Nixon
1 Inch Photo attend by A W Lachlan
6 July 1869

Captain Melville
Royal Engineers

Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 78 - Parish of Campbeltown, OS1/2/78

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

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

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