Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lady's Sike, Castleton
Grid reference
NY 495 959 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
349500 595900
Latitude
55.254644581737715
Longitude
-2.7945760274390805
Altitude (metres)
155
County
Roxburghshire
Nearby places
Lady's Well, Castleton (0.2 miles)
Lady's Knowe, Castleton (0.53 miles)
Lady's Scar, Castleton (2.67 miles)
Ladyhaugh, Castleton (2.92 miles)
Castleton, parish, aka Liddesdale (3.87 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Close to this burn are the remains of a medieval chapel, dating to around the fourteenth century (but part of its burial ground overlying an earlier bank) (NMRS, Canmore ID 67914). This suggests that the 'Lady' involved in this name might be Our Lady, the BVM, but this cannot yet be regarded as certain.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lady's Sike
Head name
Lady's Sike
Place
Lady's Sike, Castleton
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's Sike 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formLady's Sike Head nameLady's Sike PlaceLady's Sike, Castleton 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 Magdalene (probable)
Lady, Our Lady (probable)
Relationships with other place names
Same specific as Lady's Knowe, Lady's Knowe, Castleton
Same specific as Lady's Well, Lady's Well, Castleton