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Ordnance Survey - Nairn county, OS Name Books - Nairn county - Volume 7 - Town of Nairn, OS1/22/7

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Town of Nairn 37

(Supposed Site of) Fort - Dovenaldus, Thanus de Calder, was one of the estimators of the baronies of Kilravock and Geddes in 1295. His son William had from Robert Bruce in 1310 the thanedom of Kaledor, for the usual services in the time of Alexander III. His son Andrew was killed by Sir Alexander Raite, whose son Donald was served heir to his father in 1405, and in the succeeding year was raised in the Offices of Sheriff and Constable of Nairn. His son William infeft in 1442. In 1450 he built the Tower of Calder by Royal license. Taken from a Survey of the Province of Moray page 31 dated 1798.

Constabulary Gardens -In reply to remarks the Examiner states - "This is the name by which this piece of ground is generally known and designated in the Valuation Roll and other documents of the Burgh. It is derived from the office of Constable, held by the Earl of Cawdor (whose property it is) and may have been called Constable's Garden but that name must have become obsolete, as no living person ever heard of its being designated.

Ordnance Survey - Nairn county, OS Name Books - Nairn county - Volume 7 - Town of Nairn, OS1/22/7

This volume contains information on place names found in the town of Nairn.

Ordnance Survey - Nairn 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 Nairn, 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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