Blair Collection > Place names in Strathbogie, with notes historical, antiquarian and descriptive
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PREFACE.
Y^HESE notes on the Place Names and Archa;-
ology of Strathbogie originally appeared
in the ' Proceedings of the Huntly Field Club/
and have now been revised, and for the most
part re-written. No attempt has been made
previously to interpret the names of the district,
except to a very limited extent, and I have
therefore not had the advantage of following
others in the same field. In the present state of
our knowledge, I do not think that any single
person, working within a limited district, can do
work of this kind which can be accepted as final ;
and these notes I give simply as ' studies,' open
to revision when the whole subject of the Place
Names of Scotland is taken in hand by some
competent authority.
I have discussed, or noted, all the names of
interest found in the district, or given in maps,
books, or manuscripts, or remembered by the
old people; and they may be classed as fol-
lows — (i) Those of which I know absolutely
nothing, and can offer no suggestion as to the
origin or meaning. (2) Names which are ob-
scure, or intelligible only in part, or which may
allow of a double interpretation. I have given
Y^HESE notes on the Place Names and Archa;-
ology of Strathbogie originally appeared
in the ' Proceedings of the Huntly Field Club/
and have now been revised, and for the most
part re-written. No attempt has been made
previously to interpret the names of the district,
except to a very limited extent, and I have
therefore not had the advantage of following
others in the same field. In the present state of
our knowledge, I do not think that any single
person, working within a limited district, can do
work of this kind which can be accepted as final ;
and these notes I give simply as ' studies,' open
to revision when the whole subject of the Place
Names of Scotland is taken in hand by some
competent authority.
I have discussed, or noted, all the names of
interest found in the district, or given in maps,
books, or manuscripts, or remembered by the
old people; and they may be classed as fol-
lows — (i) Those of which I know absolutely
nothing, and can offer no suggestion as to the
origin or meaning. (2) Names which are ob-
scure, or intelligible only in part, or which may
allow of a double interpretation. I have given
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Description | A selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray. |
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