Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Ladyland, Kilbirnie
Grid reference
NS 323 578 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
232300 657800
Latitude
55.78439619208744
Longitude
-4.674635228141957
Altitude (metres)
125
County
Ayrshire
Nearby places
Lady Burn, Kilbirnie (0.06 miles)
Dun Connel, Lochwinnoch (1.11 miles)
Ladyland Moor, Kilbirnie (1.54 miles)
Kilbirnie, settlement Kilbirnie (2.05 miles)
Kilbirnie, ~eccles. Kilbirnie (2.12 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR is for Ladyland Castle. There is a house beside it also called Ladyland (OS Digimap) and built in 1816.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kilbirnie, parish AYR
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ladyland
Head name
Ladyland
Place
Ladyland, Kilbirnie
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
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
Ledylanddis 1430, RMS
Historic formLedylanddis Head nameLadyland PlaceLadyland, Kilbirnie Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 153 Date of citation1430 x 1430 Feature named in sourcelands 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
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (probable)
Lady, Our Lady (probable)
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