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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CHARLESTOWN Charlestown
Charestown
Charlestown
Mr Milne Flushing
Mr Alexander Lawrance Mains of Cairnbulg
Mr James Penny, Hallmoss,
003 A very small fishing village, divided from that of St. Colm's only by a very small burn which formes the boundary between the Parishes of Rathen and Lonmay.
THE GWIGHTS The Gwights
The Gwights
The Gwights
Peter Buchan. Charlestown
Andrew Buchan. Charlestown
John Bruce. Charlestown
003 This name applies to a lot of broken rocks, which are situated between the Kittyloch Shore and the south end of White Link Bay. The word Gwight is used by the fishermen on this coast and means a creek.

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Parish of Rathen.

Charlestown Well [Crossed out]

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