Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lady Dean, Dunfermline
Grid reference
NT 129 890 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
312900 689000
Latitude
56.08591326498297
Longitude
-3.399848366505671
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Ninians, opencast coal mine, Beath (2.13 miles)
St Margaret's Well, well Dunfermline (2.13 miles)
Haly Blude Acres, Dunfermline (2.28 miles)
St Margaret's Well, Beath parish (2.36 miles)
Beath, parish (2.39 miles)
Object Classification
Relief
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Apparently the name of a topographical feature, where a wood is shown on OS 6 inch 1st edn.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dunfermline, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lady Dean
Head name
Lady Dean
Place
Lady Dean, Dunfermline
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Dean 1856, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formLady Dean Head nameLady Dean PlaceLady Dean, Dunfermline 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.
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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Map Layers
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Satellite map with labels:
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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
