Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lady Knowe, Moffat
Grid reference
NT 086 050 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
0 0
Latitude
55.330515001335385
Longitude
-3.4408873595620655
Altitude (metres)
100
County
Dumfriesshire
Nearby places
Moffat, parish (0.09 miles)
Andrew's Well, Moffat (0.25 miles)
St Cuthbert's Chapel, Kirkpatrick-Juxta (0.84 miles)
Lawrencefield, settlement, Moffat (1.17 miles)
Kirkpatrick Juxta Moffat, parish (2.56 miles)
Object Classification
Relief
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The hill is 270 m south of the parish kirk.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Moffat, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lady Knowe
Head name
Lady Knowe
Place
Lady Knowe, Moffat
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
Lady Knowe 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formLady Knowe Head nameLady Knowe PlaceLady Knowe, Moffat 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) (maybe)
Lady, Our Lady (maybe)
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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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
