Sources

Forms for Auchtergaven:

Ochter-gavyn c. 1591 Pont text p 134v [pertyneth to the surname Ireland gevin to stevin of Ireland in Wallace his tyme]

Auchtergevin Kirk: Roy 1747-55 [Bankfoot not marked]

Auchtergaven Stobie 1783 [at site of current Bankfoot, North and South Barns marked as Barns of Auchtergaven]

Auchtergaven 1807 Arrowsmith [written twice, once as a kirk and once as a settlement at site of current Bankfoot]

Auchtergaven 1832 Thomson [settlement marked at current Bankfoot, parish also delineated]

Bankfoot 1867 OS 6” first edn. [surveyed 1864]

‘Uachdar Ghamhair’ Robertson 2019, p. 324

uaχkir ə yãu’ir Diack MS2276 [Uachdar a’ Ghamhair]

Auchtergaven in Perthshire is said to have been in Gaelic Uachdar ghamh-thir, ‘upper part of the winter land’ (O.S.A., xvii. p. 551); the name should be written Uachdar Ghamhair, for the parish church is in Gleann Gamhair, anglicized Glen Garry.” Watson 1926, p. 432

Robertson also gives Allt Ghamhair for Garry Burn which flows through Bankfoot.

Additional Information

Robertson gives ‘Bankfoot or Auchtergaven’. Auchtergaven is the name of the parish and it appears Bankfoot housed the parish church. The name Bankfoot is only on the record since 1811 [https://www.bankfootinn.co.uk/history] and it appears Auchtergaven was the earlier name for it.

Alternative Forms