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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BÒRGH | 005 | Continued from last page. [24] Attached to the village, is a very large extent of arable land, which is considered tolerably good. There is also a large extent of moor-pasture, which is bad, and much broKen, and yields very poor pasture, both for sheep and Cattle. The village of Bòrgh was, till within 5 or 6 years ago, notorious for illicit distilling; so much so indeed, were the people addicted to it, that they could not be prevailed upon to abandon it, either by force or improvements, until necessity compelled them, in consequence of the failure of the potatoes, when they found their Continued in next page [26] |
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Parish of Barvas
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Ordnance Survey - Ross and Cromarty county, OS Name Books - Ross and Cromarty county (Insular) - Volume 5 - Parish of Barvas, OS1/27/5
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Barvas.
Ordnance Survey - Ross and Cromarty 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 Ross and Cromarty, which is in the north of Scotland. It was formed in 1891 by uniting the separate counties of Cromarty and Ross.
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