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Ladywell

Tobar na Baintighearna


Meaning

well of the lady


Location

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English / Map Form: Ladywell

Gaelic Form: Tobar na Baintighearna


Location: Perth & Kinross

Post Town: PERTH

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English / Map Form: Ladywell

Gaelic Form: Tobar na Baintighearna


Language Notes

G nom. sg. tobar, masc. ‘well’ + na fem. gen. sg. def. art. + gen. sg. baintighearna, fem. ‘lady’. 

Element Meaning

G tobar ~ well + G baintighearna ~ lady

Sources

lands of Ladywall 1672 RPS [1672/6/72]
Ladeywall, Laidywall 1675 Red Book of Grandtully no. 157
Ladywell 1783 Stobie/Perth
Ladywell 1794 Ainslie/Forfar
Ladywell 1832 Thomson

Additional Information

The well itself is behind the house, on the Rait Burn. Presumably this relates, at least currently, to the Virgin Mary.

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