English / Map Form: Banchory
Gaelic Form: Beanncharaidh
Location: Kincardineshire
Post Town: BANCHORY
County: Kincardineshire
Local Authority: Aberdeenshire
English / Map Form: Banchory
Gaelic Form: Beanncharaidh
Sources
Byŭnghăry. Same sound for the Blairgowrie one. Byan’chori (Mitchell)
Byunnachari (R. Lamont) 2 others give Byunachor: Diack MS2276
Additional Information
As to the form Banchory, we have seen that Banchory-Ternan was of old Bennchar; other places vary between Banchor and Banchory. The probable explanation is that beannchar, which was originally a masculine o-stem, came to be declined like cathair, gen. cathrach, dat. cathraigh, a feminine palatal stem, thus giving a dative Beannchraigh; this has actually happened in the case of urchair, a shot, gen. urchrach. Watson 1926, 481
