Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lady's Mill, Falkirk
Grid reference
NS 894 802 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
289400 680200
Latitude
56.00201921054907
Longitude
-3.7737208970956813
County
Stirlingshire
Nearby places
Falkirk, parish (0.45 miles)
Falkirk, ~eccles, Falkirk (0.45 miles)
St Francis Xavier's Church, Falkirk (0.62 miles)
Marywynde, Falkirk (0.88 miles)
Bothkennar, ~eccles. BKX now Grangemouth (1.78 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Excavations prior to house-building here failed to find conclusive evidence of the mill, which certainly occupied the site from the seventeenth century until at least 1860 (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Falkirk, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lady's Mill
Head name
Lady's Mill
Place
Lady's Mill, Falkirk
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
Ladies Mil 1583, Pont MS
Historic formLadies Mil Head nameLady's Mill PlaceLady's Mill, Falkirk Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourcePont MS, no. 32: the East Central Lowlands Date of citation1583 x 1596 Notes on the context of this place-nameAlso printed in Stone 1989. Originals held by NLS; these have all been digitised and can be consulted in the NLS Map Library; also on the web. |
Source code
Pont MS
Author
Timothy Pont
Source title
Pont Manuscript
Year
1590x1610
Notes
Also printed in Stone 1989. Originals held by NLS; these have all been digitised and can be consulted in the NLS Map Library; also on the web.
Ladies Mill 1654, Blaeu
Historic formLadies Mill Head nameLady's Mill PlaceLady's Mill, Falkirk Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Stirlingshire Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Lady's Mill 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formLady's Mill Head nameLady's Mill PlaceLady's Mill, Falkirk 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) (probable)
Lady, Our Lady (probable)