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Ordnance Survey - Ross and Cromarty county, OS Name Books - Ross and Cromarty county (Mainland) - Volume 17 - Parish of Kilmuir Wester and Suddie and Killearnan, OS1/28/17

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O [Ordnance] Survey
Munlochy
28th Decr [December] 1869

Lieut [Lieutenant] Coddington R.E. [Royal Engineers]

Sir,
In accordance with your
order of the 21st Decr [December] I have again
Called on the Authorities with
respect to the proper mode of
writing this Parish name on
the Ordnance Survey Plans.
Mr Greig Schoolmaster.
Session clerk, and Registrar of
the Parish, States that he would
recommend the adoption of
Knockbain as the Parish name
as he uses it now in all the
returns he has occasion to fill
up.
James Cameron Esqr. Factor
Balnakyle Still adheres to the
Name Kilmuir Wester and Suddie
Commonly called Knockbain
[and] recommends that is should
[be] written as Such on the
Ordnance Survey Plans.
Mr R. Williamson the
Parish Minister states that
[the] name of the Parish is
[Kilmuir] Wester and Suddie

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Ordnance Survey - Ross and Cromarty county, OS Name Books - Ross and Cromarty county (Mainland) - Volume 17 - Parish of Kilmuir Wester and Suddie and Killearnan, OS1/28/17

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Kilmuir Wester, and Suddie and Killearnan.

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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