OS1/32/6/140
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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Balmaha | Balmaha Balmaha Balmaha Balmaha Balmaha |
Valuation Roll Co. [County] Map W. Jolly Esq. Factor Mr A. Liston Balmaha Revd. [Reverend] William McIntosh |
013.12 | A few scattered houses amongst the principal of which there is a Pyroligneous Acid Works on the side of the Parish Road. The name applies in the west from the little house at the corner of the road leading to the "Pass of Balmaha" to the house east on the adjoining Trace 5, where the "Balma Plantation" extends to the north side of the Parish Road there. South of the Acid Works there is a Cottage on the side of the Loch, occupied by Boatmen of the Duke of Montroses. There is no School or Smithy here. There is a Pier at Balmaha where the Steamers touch in passing. The "Pass of Balmaha" is widely known. The Duke of Montrose is proprietor of Balmaha |
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[Page] 140Co. [County] Stirling -- Buchanan Parish
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