Banffshire locations

[Bosconermal]

I can't decipher a couple of the placenames in the attached entry. The parish is Grange. The whole things seems to be:

October 9th 1755
James Huie in Nethermills had a Child by his Wife Isabel Simpson baptized & called George Witnesses Geo Ruddoch in ? Geo Longmoor in The Hillock Geo Craib in Cairnhill Margaret Ruddoch in ? [same as above] Jean Sime in ?

[Milliepede]

Milleign?

The other one I would say ends in "side"  Slayp

[Bosconermal]

Thanks. I agree does look like Milleign but I can't find that as a place. Nor can I find anything like Slaypside

[horselydown86]

I think it's Thelhellock or Thilhillock or some combination of the two.

[Flattybasher9]

Looks like Millegin and Stripeside (spelled Strypside) They are 3 miles apart.

Nether Mills is 1 mile West and 2 miles East from the above respectively.


Malky

[Bosconermal]

Thank you so much! That is surely correct.

I new about Nethermills (or Nether Mills) because my ancestors grew up there, but I could not find anything that fit the other two.

Thanks for solving my mystery.

[GR2]

Kilhillock.

I have done a fair bit of research into the Riddoch/Ruddach families in Grange from the 1590s to the 1730s. As they acquired small pieces of land from the monastery of Kinloss, they have left a documentary trail. Let me know if you think I can help with your earlier branches.

[anabanana]

Late to the party but I was searching the site for references to Riddochs of Grange and this thread came up in the search results.

GR2, do you have anything on Alexander Riddoch and Mary Richie? Their son John was my ancestor.

Best wishes, and thanks,

Anna

[Skoosh]

Sheilhillock, a wee hill used for sheiling corn after it was flailed and thrown in the air in the hope that it came back doon again.

 Winnowing! the wind carried the husks away. These were collected & steeped & fermented & boiled to make "Sowens" 

Bests,
Skoosh.