Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lady's Leys, Glenbervie
Grid reference
NO 764 871 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
376400 787100
Latitude
56.974671668007865
Longitude
-2.388266136169617
Altitude (metres)
160
County
Kincardineshire
Nearby places
Lady's Moss, Glenbervie (2.09 miles)
Lady's Moss, settlement Glenbervie (2.26 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Glenbervie (3.43 miles)
St Mary's Well, Glenbervie (3.82 miles)
St Conan's Well, Glenbervie (3.84 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
A house shown on OS 6 inch 1st edn, still shown on OS Digimap (as a ruin?) but not named.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lady's Leys
Head name
Lady's Leys
Place
Lady's Leys, Glenbervie
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Leys 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formLady's Leys Head nameLady's Leys PlaceLady's Leys, Glenbervie 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:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
