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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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SOUTH KIRKTON | South Kirkton South Kirkton South Kirkton |
A Boyd Esq Factor Peterhead Mr C. Brand occupier Mr A. Stewart Noth Kirkton |
015.10 | Applies to a large farm steading with dwelling house, garden &c Situated about one mile South east of the village of St Fergus & the property of Coln. [Colonel] Ferguson Pitfour |
MASON WELL | Mason Well Mason Well Mason Well |
Mr A. Stewart North Kirkton Mr J. Taylor Inverquinzie Mr A. Park St Fergus |
015.10 | Applies to a well situated close by the graveyard of St Fergus & supposed to have got its name from a mason who worked close by it |
CHURCH (Remains of) | Church. (Remains of) Church. (Remains of) Church. (Remains of) |
Rev. [Reverend] John Mitchell St Fergus Mr A. Stewart North Kirkton Mr A. Park St Fergus Statistical account by Rev. [Reverend] J. Craigie Minister St Fergus 1795 |
015.10 | Applies to the remains of the old parish church of St Fergus of which at present there is only a piece of the old walls remaining it is not known at what date the first church was erected but supposed to have been in the 11th Century "This parish was anciently named Inverugie, & often Longley, the church being situated not far from the old place of Inverugie, on those pleasant & extensive downs called the Link of St Fergus. The Church was removed from this site anno 1616, when the church & parish assumed the name of its patron saint, to whom the 17th Novr. [November] according to the Scotch callender was sacred". |
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