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Ordnance Survey - Banff county, OS Name Books - Banff county - Volume 12 - Parish of Fordyce, OS1/4/12

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Ph [Parish] of Fordyce -- Co [County] Banff

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SCHOOL
The Dick bequest is a name given to a fund bequeathed by James Dick of Finsbury Square, London, for the benefit of the parochial schoolmasters of Moray, Banff, and Aberdeen. The sum bequeathed amounted in 1833 to £113,147,4.7 since increased to £122.000. These funds being invested in heritable securities, yield (after deducting all expenses) for annual distribution a sum which amounts on an average to £4000. The highest sum paid to any teacher in 1860 was £44-16-0. the smallest £20-14-10, the average £32.10.0.

Ordnance Survey - Banff county, OS Name Books - Banff county - Volume 12 - Parish of Fordyce, OS1/4/12

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

Ordnance Survey - Banff 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 Banff, 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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