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Baillieston

no Gaelic form


Location

City of Glasgow

Glasgow City

NS677632


English / Map Form: Baillieston

Gaelic Form: no Gaelic form


Location: Glasgow

Post Town: GLASGOW

County: City of Glasgow

Local Authority: Glasgow City

English / Map Form: Baillieston

Gaelic Form: no Gaelic form


Language Notes

 

Element Meaning

 

Sources

Bailieston 1773 Ross
Baillys town 1747-55 Roy

 

Additional Information

This is probably coined from a surname, cf. this website which makes a convincing case. The surname is from OF baillie, ‘bailiff’. It is not mentioned in the Cess book for Lanarkshire 1724-25.

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