Auchleach
An t-Achadh Leitheach
Meaning
half (in)field
Location
Wigtownshire
Dumfries and Galloway
DG9
NX002718
English / Map Form: Auchleach
Gaelic Form: An t-Achadh Leitheach
Post Town: STRANRAER
Postcode area: DG9
County: Wigtownshire
Local Authority: Dumfries and Galloway
English / Map Form: Auchleach
Gaelic Form: An t-Achadh Leitheach
Sources
Aclyach 1525 Reid, Wigtownshire Charters, no. 235
Aclyach 1525 RMS 1513-1546, no. 322
Auchlyoch 1591 RMS 1580-1593, no. 1957
Auchsleoch 1600 Retours (Wigton) 20
Achleoch 1625 Retours (Wigton) 60
Auchleoch 1662 Retours (Wigton) 139
Auchleoch 1684 parish roll
Achleach 1747-55 Roy
Auchlaigh 1782 Ainslie
Auchlaigh 1826 Thomson
Auchleach 1849 OS Six-inch 1st Ed.
Auchleach 1901 Bartholomew
Auchleach 2015 OS 1:25 Explorer Map 309
“AUCHENLÈCK … Achadh na lèc [lack], field of the tombs (lit. flat stones).” Maxwell 1887: 58
“Auchleach … is Ach[adh]-leitheich, locative of ach-leitheach, ‘half-(in)field’, i.e., ‘(in)field on a hillside’.” MacQueen 202: 76
“Achleach-Achlich 1608 ; Achleich 1633 ; G. Ach-leitheich, locative of “ach-leitheach,” half-field, i.e. field on a hill side. A cold sunless place.” Watson 1904, 89
Additional Information
The local pronunciation has preserved the second element ‘leitheach’ as if Gaelic was still a community language in the area today.
There is also an Auchleach in the parish of Stoneykirk NX102470, in the Rhinns of Galloway.
Achleach 1698 Retours (Wigton) 188