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  • 131Edinkillie —    EDINKILLIE, or Edenkeillie, a parish, in the county of Elgin, 8¾ miles (S.) from Forres; containing 1237 inhabitants. This place derives its name, signifying in the Gaelic language the face of the wood, from the ancient forests of Darnaway and …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 132Inverness —    INVERNESS, a royal burgh, sea port town, and parish, in the county of Inverness, of which it is the chief town, 156 miles (N. N. W.) from Edinburgh; containing, with the villages of Balloch, Clachnaharry, Culcaboch, Hilton, Resawrie, and… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland