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Balmaharg Surname Definition:
BALMAHARG: From Balmaharg in Fife. John de Balmaharge appears in 1293 (DIS., p. 410), and in the following year as Balnagharg. Malcolm de Balmaharg witnessed a Fife charter of 1315 (HMC., 8. Rep., App. p. 305), and Adam de Balmaharg witnessed a charter of the lands of Nether Cameron, c.
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BALMAHARG: From Balmaharg in Fife. John de Balmaharge appears in 1293 (DIS., p. 410), and in the following year as Balnagharg. Malcolm de Balmaharg witnessed a Fife charter of 1315 (HMC., 8. Rep., App. p. 305), and Adam de Balmaharg witnessed a charter of the lands of Nether Cameron, c. 1332 (Wemyss, II, p. 12).
— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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