Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Ardmaleish, North Bute
Grid reference
NS 072 690 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
207200 669000
Latitude
55.87554126669864
Longitude
-5.082291810714392
Altitude (metres)
30
County
Bute
Nearby places
Cranslagmory, North Bute (1.36 miles)
North Bute, modern parish (1.58 miles)
Ardmory House, North Bute (1.61 miles)
Kilmachalmaig, ~eccles. North Bute (2.01 miles)
Kilmachalmaig, alias St Colmac, North Bute (2.01 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
For a fuller collection of early forms, and context, and discussion of the origin of the name, see Márkus 2012, 278-81.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kingarth, parish (Bute) (formerly)
Within North Bute, modern parish
Within Rothesay, parish (Bute) (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ardmaleish
Head name
Ardmaleish
Place
Ardmaleish, North Bute
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
Ardmulese 1400, Mount Stuart Archives
Historic formArdmulese Head nameArdmaleish PlaceArdmaleish, North Bute Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMount Stuart Archives, BU/1/1/2 Date of citation1400 x 1400 Notes on the context of this place-nameArchives of the Marquess of Bute, in the house of Mount Stuart. Access by arrangement with the archivist. |
Source code
Mount Stuart Archives
Source title
Mount Stuart Archives
Notes
Archives of the Marquess of Bute, in the house of Mount Stuart. Access by arrangement with the archivist.
Historic formArdmalice Head nameArdmaleish PlaceArdmaleish, North Bute Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, vi no. 1156 Date of citation1592 x 1601 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Ardmeleisch 1595, RMS
Historic formArdmeleisch Head nameArdmaleish PlaceArdmaleish, North Bute Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, vi no. 1156 Date of citation1595 x 1601 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Ardmaleiche 1595, RMS
Historic formArdmaleiche Head nameArdmaleish PlaceArdmaleish, North Bute Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, vi no. 1156 Date of citation1595 x 1601 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Historic formArdmalish Head nameArdmaleish PlaceArdmaleish, North Bute Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRoy Date of citation1752 x 1755 Notes on the context of this place-nameDate for Scotland north of a line from Glasgow to Edinburgh - survey done 1749-52; presented to the king in 1755. For more details see The Early Maps of Scotland 1, 108-9. Note the existence of protracted and fair copies for parts of Scotland. See also full discussion in Whittington, G., 1986i, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part One), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (1), 18-28; and: Whittington, G., 1986ii, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part Two), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (2), 66-73. |
Source code
Roy
Source title
Military Map of Scotland
Editors
General Roy
Year
1749- 1755
Notes
Date for Scotland north of a line from Glasgow to Edinburgh - survey done 1749-52; presented to the king in 1755. For more details see The Early Maps of Scotland 1, 108-9. Note the existence of protracted and fair copies for parts of Scotland. See also full discussion in Whittington, G., 1986i, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part One), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (1), 18-28; and: Whittington, G., 1986ii, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part Two), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (2), 66-73.
Ardmaleish 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formArdmaleish Head nameArdmaleish PlaceArdmaleish, North Bute 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
Laisrén, Mo Laisse, Mac Laisre (ns) (probable)
Lassar (ns) (maybe)
Laisrén m. Feradaig of Iona (maybe)
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