Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Bride's Burn, Blackford
Grid reference
NN 935 075 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
293500 707500
Latitude
56.248143350026695
Longitude
-3.7189048876704356
Altitude (metres)
165
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
St Mungo's Farm, Blackford (0.09 miles)
St Mungo's Well, Blackford (0.28 miles)
St Mungo's Chapel, Blackford (0.88 miles)
Ladyscroft, Blackford (1.73 miles)
Blackford, modern parish (2.5 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the mouth of the Burn.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Blackford, modern parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Mungo's Farm, Blackford
Adjacent St Mungo's Well, Blackford
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Bride's Burn
Head name
Bride's Burn
Place
Bride's Burn, Blackford
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
Bride's Burn 1866, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formBride's Burn Head nameBride's Burn PlaceBride's Burn, Blackford Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. 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.
Bride, Sc
burn, Sc, 'burn, stream'
Saints in this place-name
Brig, Brigit, Bride (ns) (maybe)
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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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
