A Survey of the Province of Moray: Historical, Geographical, and PoliticalIsaac Forsyth, Elgin, 1798 - 353 pages |
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... Climate . ] - THIS parish lies upon the northern bank of the river Spey , at its influx into the Moray Frith . Its length from north to fouth , along the courfe of the river , may be 61⁄2 miles , its breadth 1 , partly terminated by the ...
... Climate . ] - THIS parish lies upon the northern bank of the river Spey , at its influx into the Moray Frith . Its length from north to fouth , along the courfe of the river , may be 61⁄2 miles , its breadth 1 , partly terminated by the ...
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... climate , comparatively temperate and mild , is fcarcely fubject to any other inconvenience befides parching eafterly winds , which commonly prevail in April and May , often blafting the fruit in its bloffom , and checking the growth of ...
... climate , comparatively temperate and mild , is fcarcely fubject to any other inconvenience befides parching eafterly winds , which commonly prevail in April and May , often blafting the fruit in its bloffom , and checking the growth of ...
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... Climate ] .- THE parish of Urquhart may be understood to extend across the low lands of Moray , from the fea upon the N. to the mountain on the S. about 9 miles , though in this fpace one farm of the parish of Speymouth intervenes ; and ...
... Climate ] .- THE parish of Urquhart may be understood to extend across the low lands of Moray , from the fea upon the N. to the mountain on the S. about 9 miles , though in this fpace one farm of the parish of Speymouth intervenes ; and ...
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... Climate . ] - WHEN popery was the established religion in the province of Moray , it was an article of faith , that the fpirits of departed faints , though refident in heaven , beheld the tranfactions upon earth , continued to be ...
... Climate . ] - WHEN popery was the established religion in the province of Moray , it was an article of faith , that the fpirits of departed faints , though refident in heaven , beheld the tranfactions upon earth , continued to be ...
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... Climate . ] - THE parithes which have been def- cribed may , in a general view , be confidered as extending from the fea to the mountain ; but here the country opens to the wide- nefs of 10 or 12 miles , and a right line paffing over ...
... Climate . ] - THE parithes which have been def- cribed may , in a general view , be confidered as extending from the fea to the mountain ; but here the country opens to the wide- nefs of 10 or 12 miles , and a right line paffing over ...
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A Survey of the Province of Moray: Historical, Geographical, and Political John Grant,William Leslie No preview available - 2016 |
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acres Alexander alfo almoſt alſo amounts ancient appertains Auldearn bank befides Bishop Boharm bolls breadth Brodie caftle church coaft confiderable confifts county of Moray courfe courſe cultivated diftrict diſtance Duffus Earl of Fife Earl of Moray eaſt eftate Elgin eſtabliſhed eſtate extent faid falary falmon fame family feat fand farms fcholars feet feffion feveral fhore fide fimilar fince Findern firft firſt fituation fmall Fochabers foil fome Forres fouth fouthern Frith ftate fterling ftill ftipend ftone ftream ftretched fucceeded fuch fupport Gaelic Gordon Grant ground hill horfes houfe houſe ifland Inverness James Knockando laft lake lands Mifcellaneous miles minifter moft moſt mountain muſt Nairn nearly occafionally parish prefbytery prefent proprietors raiſed refidence refpectable rifing river river Spey ſchool Scotland Scots Sir James Grant ſmall Spey Speymouth Spynie thefe theſe thofe thoſe town Urquhart uſed valuation valued rent weft whole William the Lyon
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