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Ordnance Survey - Ross and Cromarty county, OS Name Books - Ross and Cromarty county (Mainland) - Volume 24 - Parish of Lochcarron, OS1/28/24

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[Page] 39a

[note] Lochcarron to be inserted
on Plan
By order [initials] 8.2.75


Courthill - Lochcarron
4 Feby [February] 1875

Dear Captn [Captain] Macpherson
It is a mistaKe
to call the village of Loch
Carron Jeantown.
No such name is Known
to the Post office.
It is a nickname wh. [which] was
given about 60 years
ago. The county have
ordered it to be erased
& it has been erased from
the mile stones & the
proper name Loch Carron
substituted. It has
found its way into the
modern
[continued on page 39b]

Ordnance Survey - Ross and Cromarty county, OS Name Books - Ross and Cromarty county (Mainland) - Volume 24 - Parish of Lochcarron, OS1/28/24

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

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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