English / Map Form: Bargeddie
Gaelic Form: Bàrr Geadaidh
Location: Glasgow
Post Town: COATBRIDGE
County: Lanarkshire
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.
