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stuartn
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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 11:37 pm Post subject: Maggieknockater- WMR 88450 |
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At Boharm Old Churchyard there is a marble tablet fixed to the external perimeter wall-
It has the following 32 names-
Hamish Bower
James Burgess
Harry Cameron
George Clark
Charles Grant
James Ogilvie Grant- The Earl of Seafield
John Harper
Robert Ingram
David Lorimer
Alexr. MacFarlane
James MacFarlane
Alexander MacKenzie
James Smart MacKenzie
William Andrew Mackie
James MacKay
John McLean
George McLeod
Alfred Dawson McWilliam
James McWilliam
Arthur Milne
John Milne
William Milne
William Milton
Alexander Mitchell
John Morrison
George Murray
Robert Reid
Thomas Shearer
William George Shiach
William Smith
Peter Allan Strachan
Alexander Taylor |
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Kenneth Morrison
Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 7779 Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie
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stuartn
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Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2020 12:05 am Post subject: |
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Maggieknockater is the name of the hamlet the old churchyard is in, about 4 miles from Dufftown. Apparently (according to Wikipedia) it has nothing to do with a 'Maggie' but means either 'field of the fuller' or 'plain of the hilly ridge' |
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