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Bargeddie

Bàrr Geadaidh

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North Lanarkshire

NS702639


English / Map Form: Bargeddie

Gaelic Form: Bàrr Geadaidh


Location: Glasgow

Post Town: COATBRIDGE

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Local Authority: North Lanarkshire

English / Map Form: Bargeddie

Gaelic Form: Bàrr Geadaidh


Language Notes

G nom. sg. bàrr, masc. 'top' + geadaidh ? G 'arable land'

Element Meaning

G bàrr ~ top’ + ? G geadaidh ~ arable land 

Sources

Balgade 1513 Glas. Rent
Balgade 1515 Glas. Rent
Nedder Balgade 1518 Glas. Rent
Neddyr Balqhedy 1529 Glas. Rent
Vuer [Over] Balgady 1538 Glas. Rent
Owir Bargady 1541 Glas. Rent
Balgady 1544 Glas. Rent

Nedyr Balkeddy 1553 Glas. Rent
Vuer Bagady 1554 Glas. Rent
Balgadie Over & Nether 1560s BATB
Nedder Balgedy 1568 Glas. Rent
Balgadie 1587 RSS vi, no. 1769
Balgaddeis 1587 RMS v no. 1406
Balgedy & Over Balgedy c. 1591 Pont map 34

Balgady 1607 RMS vi no. 1918
Nether Balgedie 1698 Ret. LAN no. 443
Balgedy & O. Balgedy 1654 Blaeu
Bargeddy 1747-1755 Roy’s Map
Balgedy 1801 Forrest’s map of Coats estate, NLC
Bargaddie 1805 Drumpellier Papers, NLC U1/18/061
Bargeddie 1816 Forrest

Bargeddie 1820 Thomson

 

Additional Information

Cf Taylor vol. ii, 360-1 for Balgeddie, who proposes G gead, ‘arable land’

This original generic element in this name was clearly baile but later came to be understood as bàrr.

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