Author Topic: Help deciphering place name in Inverness please  (Read 1868 times)

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Re: Help deciphering place name in Inverness please
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 16 January 11 18:27 GMT (UK) »
Ruibh melig  = gaelic

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Re: Help deciphering place name in Inverness please
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 18 January 11 00:14 GMT (UK) »
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Search for 'urquhart and glenmoriston' and you should find 'Urquhart and Glenmoriston; olden times in a Highland parish'

'Inverness County' should bring up the 'Inverness County Directory', I can't recall which year I looked at yesterday but you should be able to find the entry without much difficulty.

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Re: Help deciphering place name in Inverness please
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 18 January 11 08:32 GMT (UK) »
Hi Still looking many thanks for that; have now been able to view it and it may be of help to me.

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Re: Help deciphering place name in Inverness please
« Reply #12 on: Tuesday 11 October 22 20:47 BST (UK) »
By the mid 1800s it was called Ruevroulick and it was south of Milton, between Delshangie and Drumnadrochit. https://maps.nls.uk/view/228777964

The OS Name Book for the parish 1876-1878 lists it with the later spelling, saying that it was a "small one storey thatched cot house It is in bad repair and is the property of Lord Seafield."

https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/inverness-shire-os-name-books-1876-1878/inverness-shire-mainland-volume-56/79

The 1905 25 inch OS map suggests it was a ruin, with no name.