Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lady Hill, Grange
Grid reference
NJ 479 515 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
347900 851500
Latitude
57.550837404714166
Longitude
-2.8706444582115527
County
Banffshire
Nearby places
Virgin Mary's Chapel, Grange (0 miles)
Grange, modern parish (0.06 miles)
Lady Well, Grange (0.06 miles)
Kilbady, settlement, Grange (2.53 miles)
St Rufus Park, Keith (3 miles)
Object Classification
Relief
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Close to the Virgin Mary's Chapel, which dedication presumably reflects the fact that this area was a grange of the Cistercian monks of Kinloss.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Grange, modern parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lady Hill
Head name
Lady Hill
Place
Lady Hill, Grange
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
Historic formLadyhill Head nameLady Hill PlaceLady Hill, Grange Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, ix, 581 Date of citation1793 x 1793 Feature named in sourcehill |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Lady Hill 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formLady Hill Head nameLady Hill PlaceLady Hill, Grange 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) (certain)
Lady, Our Lady (certain)
Lady, Our Lady (probable)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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