Note 373 — Chapter VII · THE THANAGES AND THEIR EXTINCTION.
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On the shore of the Firth, near North Queensferry, was probably a thanage of Fordell, as in 1451 we find a grant to the monastery of Dunfermline by John, Thane de Fordell, and Alexander Thain, his son; but from the late date it is possible that this may have been a proper name.—Chart. of Dunfermline, p. 326.