Author Topic: Placename in 1800's Leochel-Cushnie  (Read 1004 times)

Offline Mamsoth

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Placename in 1800's Leochel-Cushnie
« on: Wednesday 18 October 17 21:53 BST (UK) »
Was wondering if someone could give me a hand with the following place name, its in Leochel - Cushnie, the year is 1800...

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Re: Placename in 1800's Leochel-Cushnie
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 18 October 17 22:14 BST (UK) »
Looks rather like Hillock with a bit of extra ink in the last letter, and there's a place-name Hillock listed in the GENUKI list: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ABD/Leochel/gazeteer

and many names including Hillock as one element (Sitting Hillock for example) listed in Scotland's Places
https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/aberdeenshire-os-name-books-1865-1871/aberdeenshire-volume-12?display=transcription

Findlay - Aberdeen, Angus
Shepherd - Angus
Cargill, Swankie, Spink  - Angus
Melvin - Aberdeen
Coull - Angus, Aberdeen
Strachan - Kincardine, Aberdeen
Steven, Steen. Stein, Dunsmore, Burt, Prentice, Maxwell, Montgomery  - Lanark

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Re: Placename in 1800's Leochel-Cushnie
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 18 October 17 22:20 BST (UK) »
Thanks Gordon. Very helpful

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Re: Placename in 1800's Leochel-Cushnie
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 19 October 17 09:29 BST (UK) »
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.