Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Ladyscroft, settlement Forgue
Grid reference
NJ 600 420 (vague location)
Six-figure easting & northing
360000 842000
Latitude
57.4667313156089
Longitude
-2.6669005210432326
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Drumblade, parish (1.34 miles)
Teller's Well, Drumblade (1.47 miles)
St Margaret's Episcopal Church, Forgue (1.73 miles)
St Margaret's Church, Forgue (1.96 miles)
Brideswell, settlement Drumblade (2.22 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Identified by Macdonald as lying in Forgue (PNWA, 234) but no more precise location is given, nor any early forms.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ladyscroft
Head name
Ladyscroft
Place
Ladyscroft, settlement Forgue
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Ladyscroft 1899, Macdonald PNWA
Historic formLadyscroft Head nameLadyscroft PlaceLadyscroft, settlement Forgue Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMacdonald PNWA, 234 Date of citation1899 x 1899 |
Source code
Macdonald PNWA
Author
James Macdonald
Source title
The Place-Names of West Aberdeenshire
Series
The New Spalding Club
Year
1899
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (probable)
Lady, Our Lady (probable)
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