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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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RIVER SPEY | River Spey River Spey River Spey River Spey River Spey River Spey |
James Smith Esqr Revd [Reverend] Mr Forsyth Mr James Grant Fullarton's Gaetteer New Statistical Account Forsyth's Survey of the Province |
058 ; 059 | This is one of the principal rivers of Scotland. It is the second Scottish stream for the Volume of its water and territorial extent of its basin. It rises in the Braes of Badenoch, close on the water shed with Lochaber, about half a mile from Glenroy. Less than a mile below its source it expands into a Long Lake called Loch Spey, whence it is popularly Said to have it's Origin. |
STRATH SPEY | Strathspey Strathspey Strathspey Strathspey Strathspey Strathspey |
James Smith Esq Factor Revd [Reverend] Mr Forsyth Mr James Grant Fullarton's Gazetteer New Statistical Acct [Account] of Elginshire Forsyth's Survey of the Province of Moray 1798 |
035 ; 046 ; 058 ; 059 ; 073 | This name applies to the low ground extending along the long vale of the River Spey through the Ancient Province of Moray. |
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