Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Balmadies, settlement, Rescobie
Grid reference
NO 551 497 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
355100 749700
Latitude
56.63709819733223
Longitude
-2.7320890479039566
Altitude (metres)
70
County
Angus
Nearby places
Lady's Dowry, Rescobie (0.53 miles)
St Ninian's Chapel, Rescobie (0.92 miles)
Guthrie, parish (1.08 miles)
St Ninian's Loch, Aberlemno (1.34 miles)
Tubirmanyn, well, Rescobie ? (1.93 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Rescobie, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Balmadies
Head name
Balmadies
Place
Balmadies, settlement, Rescobie
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
Historic formBalmady Head nameBalmadies PlaceBalmadies, settlement, Rescobie Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourcePont MS, Lower Angus and Perthshire east of the Tay Date of citation1583 approx x 1596 approx Notes on the context of this place-nameAlso printed in Stone 1989. Originals held by NLS; these have all been digitised and can be consulted in the NLS Map Library; also on the web. |
Source code
Pont MS
Author
Timothy Pont
Source title
Pont Manuscript
Year
1590x1610
Notes
Also printed in Stone 1989. Originals held by NLS; these have all been digitised and can be consulted in the NLS Map Library; also on the web.
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