Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lady's Wood, Turriff
Grid reference
NJ 703 482 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
370300 848200
Latitude
57.52321858206487
Longitude
-2.495936798982129
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
St Peter's Well, Forglen (1.11 miles)
Maryfield Cottage, Turriff (1.22 miles)
St Congan's Church, Episc., Turriff (1.54 miles)
Turriff, parish (1.54 miles)
St Congan's Church, medieval, Turriff (1.54 miles)
Object Classification
Vegetation
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Turriff, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lady's Wood
Head name
Lady's Wood
Place
Lady's Wood, Turriff
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Lady's Wood 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formLady's Wood Head nameLady's Wood PlaceLady's Wood, Turriff 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) (maybe)
Lady, Our Lady (maybe)
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
