Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Ladyhaugh, Castleton
Grid reference
NY 498 912 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
349800 591200
Latitude
55.212440898061445
Longitude
-2.789019734158915
Altitude (metres)
120
County
Roxburghshire
Nearby places
Lady's Scar, Castleton (0.26 miles)
Castleton, parish, aka Liddesdale (1.07 miles)
St Martin's Church, Castleton (1.07 miles)
Lady's Sike, Castleton (2.92 miles)
Lady's Well, Castleton (3 miles)
Object Classification
Relief
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
A haugh on the west bank of Hermitage Water. The name survives in OS Digimap Ladyhaugh Wood, which is planted on the haugh. Earlier OS maps do not include this name. It also survives in 'Ladyhaugh Cottage', which is shown on OS 6 inch 1st edn (1843 x 1882).
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Lady's Scar, Castleton
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ladyhaugh
Head name
Ladyhaugh
Place
Ladyhaugh, Castleton
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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?
Yes
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (maybe)
Lady, Our Lady (maybe)
Relationships with other place names
Same specific as Lady's Scar, Lady's Scar, Castleton
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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Satellite map:
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Satellite map with labels:
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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
