1. ゐ and ゑ. Looks like an odd looking hiragana, but i never seen it before in the hiragana list.
  2. ゝandゞ. What does it mean, and why there is a dakuten in the second one.
  3. ヶ. It looks like ケ. Maybe it is ケ. I only know that it is readed か or が. Example: 藤ヶ谷 (ふじがや).

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What are these symbols?
In modern あいうえお, the column of わ is わいうえを, but it used to be わゐうゑを. The
pronunciation of these were more like "we" and "way" as opposed to the normal
い and え sound. I didn't know this myself, but apparently these old forms have
disappeared as recent as 1946.

ゝ is a short-hand that means "repeating the previous letter", such as 学問のすゝめ
(学問のすすめ). As you probably know, dakuten is composable decoration of a letter,
and it can also decorate ゝ.

ヶ is an interesting one. I think its origin is at least in part katakana ケ,
but I can't think of other katakanas that do this. Aside from the usage in
藤ヶ谷, which means 藤の丘, you also use ヶ to count objects, like 10ヶ.
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