Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lady's Bridge, Rathven
Grid reference
NJ 443 589 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
344300 858900
Latitude
57.616877210379194
Longitude
-2.932494248675867
Altitude (metres)
260
County
Banffshire
Nearby places
St Helena, settlement, Rathven (0.86 miles)
Clashmadin Well, spring, Rathven (1.69 miles)
Maryhill Farm, Rathven (1.77 miles)
Clashmadin, hypothetical, Rathven (1.81 miles)
Hill of Clashmadin, Rathven and Deskford (1.94 miles)
Object Classification
Other
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
On a road on OS 6 inch 1st edn, crossing probably boggy ground, but no actual watercourse is visible on OS map to suggest that there was actually a bridge here. There is no road here on modern OS map. The area is covered in commercial forest.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Rathven, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lady's Bridge
Head name
Lady's Bridge
Place
Lady's Bridge, Rathven
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Lady's Bridge 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formLady's Bridge Head nameLady's Bridge PlaceLady's Bridge, Rathven Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (doubtful)
Lady, Our Lady (doubtful)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
