Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Source codeBag. Roll MS. Source titleBagimond's Roll: ASV Collectorie 213 (ed.) NotesMicrofilm Source codeBagimond's Roll AuthorA.I.Dunlop Source titleBagimond's Roll Secondary TitleScottish History Society Miscellany Pages25-77 Volumevi Year1939 NotesThe text composed in 1287 accounts for tax raised in Scotland 1275 and 1276. Source codeBain, Nairnshire AuthorGeorge Bain Source titleA History of Nairnshire Year1893 Source codeBald/Harris AuthorWilliam Bald Source titleMap of Harris Year1805 NotesNot in Early Maps of Scotland under Wm. Bald (2, 192), who was an assistant of John Ainslie. Source codeBalm. Lib. Source titleLiber Sancte Marie de Balmorinach SeriesAbbotsford Club Year1841 Source codeBalmerino-Lindores Source titleThe Chartularies of Balmerino and Lindores SeriesAbbotsford Club Year1841 Source codeBalnespick’s Account Book Notesref. from GWS Barrow pers. comm. 6.2.99. Source codeBannerman 1974 AuthorBannerman, J. Source titleStudies in the History of Dál Riata Year1974 NotesBannerman, J, 1974 Studies in the History of Dál Riata (Edinburgh) Source codeBarron 1968 AuthorH. Barron Source title‘Notes on The Aird' JournalTransactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness Pages196-231 Year1967-68 Source codeBarrow 1971 AuthorG.W.S.Barrow Source title‘The Early Charters of the Family of Kinninmonth of that Ilk’ EditorsD.A. Bullough and R.L. Storey. Secondary TitleThe Study of Medieval Records: Essays in honour of Kathleen Major Pages107-31 Year1971 Source codeBarrow 1974 AuthorG.W.S. Barrow Source titleSome East Fife Documents of the 12th & 13th centuries EditorsG.W.S. Barrow Secondary TitleThe Scottish Tradition Pages23-43 Year1974 Source codeBarrow 1981 AuthorG. W. S. Barrow Source titlePopular Courts in Early Medieval Scotland: Some Suggested Place-Name Evidence JournalScottish Studies Pages1-23 Volume25 Year1981 NotesNote also additional note in 'Notes and Comments', Scottish Studies 27 (1983), 67-8. Source codeBarrow 1984 AuthorG. W. S. Barrow Source title'Land Routes: The Medieval Evidence' EditorsA. Fenton & G. Stell Secondary TitleLoads and Roads in Scotland and Beyond Pages49-66 Year1984 NotesAlso in Barrow, G.W.S. 1992, Scotland and its Neighbours in the Middle Ages (London), 201-16, entitled simply ‘Land Routes’. Source codeBarrow 1992 AuthorG. W. S. Barrow Source titleScotland and its Neighbours in the Middle Ages Year1992 NotesContains several previous articles, such as Barrow 1981 ('Popular Courts in Early Medieval Scotland: Some Suggested Place-Name Evidence', Scottish Studies 25, 1-23) and Barrow 1984 ('Land Routes: The Medieval Evidence', Loads and Roads in Scotland and Beyond, ed. A.Fenton & G.Stell, 49-66). Source codeBarrow 1993 AuthorG. W. S. Barrow Source title‘The Anglo-Scottish Border: Growth and Structure in the Middle Ages’ EditorsW. Haubrichs and R. Schneider Secondary TitleGrenzen und Grenzregionen....Borders and Border Regions Pages197-212 Year1993 NotesSee pp.210-12 for discussion of close correlation between distribution of Ingliston and mottes. Source codeBarrow 1998 AuthorG.W.S. Barrow Source titleThe Uses of Place-names and Scottish History - Pointers and Pitfalls EditorsS. Taylor Secondary TitleThe Uses of Place-Names Pages54-74 Year1998 Source codeBarrow 1998a Source titleReligion in Scotland on the eve of Christianity EditorsK. Borchardt and E. Bünz Secondary TitleForschungen zur Reichs-, Papst- und Landesgeschichte, Part 1 Pages25-32 Year1998 Source codeBartrum 1980 Source titleWelsh Genealogies, AD 300-1400 Year1980 NotesBartrum, P., 1980 Welsh Genealogies, AD 300-1400 (Cardiff) Source codeBB Source titleThe Book of Ballymote EditorsAtkinson, R Year1887 NotesRIA 23 p 12. Used in Ó Riain 1985 (where it is called B) for its version of CGSH. Source codeBeauly Chrs. AuthorE. Chisholm Batten Source titleThe Charters of the Priory of Beauly SeriesGrampian Club Year1877 Source codeBetha Cellaig Source titleLife of Cellach of Killala, Betha Cellaig EditorsO'Grady, Standish Hayes Year1892 NotesLife of Cellach of Killala, Betha Cellaig, is on-line, taken from Silva Gadelica (I-XXXI) ed. Standish Hayes O’Grady. Reprint of 1892 edition, New York, 1970. Source codeBeveridge 1923 AuthorE. Beveridge Source titleThe 'Abers' and 'Invers' of Scotland Year1923 Source codeBieler 1975 AuthorBieler, L Source titleThe Irish Penitentials Year1975 NotesBieler, L, 1975 The Irish Penitentials (Dublin) Source codeBLA - DG Source titleBLA - Dabhaidh Grannd NotesSource mentioned by Dabhaidh Grannd - Exact source to be determined. Date around 1654 Black, G, 1946 The Surnames of Scotland (New York) | Source codeBlack 1999 AuthorBlack, R. Source titleScottish Fairs and Fair-names EditorsLyle, E. Secondary TitleScottish Studies Volume33 Year2000 NotesBlack, R, 1999 'Scottish Fairs and Fair-Names' in Scot. Stud. vol 33, 1-75 Source codeBlaeu Source titleAtlas Novus Editorsand publisher: Johan Blaeu Year1654 Source codeBlain, History AuthorBlain Source titleBlain's History of Bute EditorsW. Ross Year1880 NotesThe book published in 1880 is based on Blain's manuscript. Blain died in 1820, so references from this work have been dated c.1820. Source codeBlair Castle Charter Room Source titleBlair Castle Charter Room Source codeBLec Source titleThe Book of Lecan: Leabhar Mór Mhic Fhir Bhisigih Leacain EditorsMulchrone, K Year1937 NotesCollotype facsimile with introduction. RIA 23 P 2. Used in Ó Riain 1985 (where it is called Lc) for its version of CGSH Source codeBNE, Plummer AuthorPlummer, C (ed) Source titleBethada Náem nÉrenn - Lives of the Irish Saints Year1922 NotesPlummer, C (ed.) 1922 Bethada Náem nÉrenn - Lives of the Irish Saints (Oxford) Source codeBoardman and Williamson 2010 AuthorBoardman, S and E Williamson Source titleThe Cult of Saints and the Virgin Mary in Medieval Scotland Year2010 NotesBoardman, S., and Williamson E. (edd.) 2010 The Cult of Saints and the Virgin Mary in Medieval Scotland (Woodbridge) Boardman, S, Davies, J R and Williamson E (edd.) Saints’ Cults in the Celtic World (Woodbridge 2009) Source codeBolton T and Sigurđsson, J-V AuthorBolton, T and Jón-Viđar Sigurđsson (eds) Source titleCeltic – Norse Relationships in the Irish Sea in the Middle Ages 800-1200 SeriesThe Northern World Series Volume65 Year2014 Source codeBook of Deer Source titleStudies on the Book of Deer EditorsKatherine Forsyth Year2008 Source codeBoyle AuthorAlexander Boyle Source titleNotes on Scottish Saints JournalThe Innes Review Pages59-82 Year1981 A Brief Description of Orkney, Zetland, Pightland Firth and Caithness Source codeBrech. Reg. Source titleRegistrum Episcopatus Brechinensis SeriesBannatyne Club Volumei & ii Year1856 Source codeBreeze 2000 AuthorA. Breeze Source title‘The names of Bellshil, Carmichael, Lauder and Soutra’ JournalInnes Review Pages72-79. Volume51 no. 1 Year2000 Source codeBrev. Arbroath AuthorTolhurst, J. B. L. Source title'Notes on a printed monastic breviary used at Arbroath Abbey' JournalInnes Review Volume5 Year1954 NotesThis is about an early printed Breviary, printed in Venice in 1506. Its interest is in the additions and alterations made by a monk of Arbroath, Walter Baldowy 1522 x 1560. Source codeBritish Library Source titleBritish Library Source codeBrooke 1963 AuthorBrooke, C Source title‘St Peter of Gloucester and St Cadoc of Llancarfan’ EditorsChadwick, N Secondary TitleCelt and Saxon. Studies in the Early British Border Pages258-322 Year1963 NotesBrooke, C 1963 ‘St Peter of Gloucester and St Cadoc of Llancarfan’ in Chadwick, N (ed) Celt and Saxon. Studies in the Early British Border (Cambridge), 258 – 322. Source codeBrooke 1991 AuthorDaphne Brooke Source titleThe Northumbrian Settlements in Galloway and Carrick JournalPSAS Pages295-327 Volume121 Year1991 Source codeBrooke 1994 AuthorDaphne Brooke Source titleWild Men and Holy Places Year1994 NotesReprinted in paperback 1998. Broun, D, 2004 'The Welsh identity of the kingdom of Strathclyde c.900-c.1200' in IR vol 55 no 2. Source codeBrown 1908 AuthorArchibald Brown Source titleThe History of Cowal Year1908 Source codeBrown Plans AuthorGeorge Brown Source titlePlan of Lovat Estate Year1799-1800 NotesTracings and photocopies of parts of the book of plans of the Lovat Estates by George Brown, probably in the Lovat Estate Office, but all knowledge of it denied by Giles Foster, Factor, 2000-2001. Photostats of parts of these, mainly of lands in Kiltarlity and Convinth, in possession of Hugh Barron, Ness-side, Inverness. Copied by Simon Taylor Sept. 2001. Source codeBurgess and Strijbosch 2000 Source titleThe Legend of St Brendan: A Critical Bibliography Year2000 NotesBurgess, G and Strijbosch, C, 2000 The Legend of St Brendan: A Critical Bibliography (Dublin) Source codeButter 2001 NotesRachel Butter's notes - she will tell me by the end of this year. Butter, R 'St Munnu in Ireland and Scotland' in Boardman, S and Eila Williamson, 2010 The Cult of Saints and the Virgin Mary (Woodbridge), 21-42 Byrne, F, 1973 Irish Kings and High Kings (London) |
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