Larkhall
Taigh na h-Uiseig
Location
Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire ~ Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas
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English / Map Form: Larkhall
Gaelic Form: Taigh na h-Uiseig
Location: Larkhall
Post Town: LARKHALL
County: Lanarkshire
Local Authority: South Lanarkshire ~ Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas
English / Map Form: Larkhall
Gaelic Form: Taigh na h-Uiseig
Language Notes
Element Meaning
G taigh ~ house; uiseag ~ lark
Sources
| Laverockhall | 1620 [From Nicolaisen et al] |
| Lavrockhall | 1747-55 Roy |
| Levrock Hall | 1773 Ross, A map of the shire of Lanark |
| Larkhall | 1821 Ainslie |
| Larkhall | 1820 Thomson |
| Laverockha’ | 1895 Lilts and Larks, frae Larkie, Stewart W. 191 |
| Laverockha’ | 1890 Edwards, D. H. One Hundred modern Scottish poets |
Additional Information
There is a theory that the final element relates to Sc haugh rather than hall, but the old forms all show hall, and whilst some Scots forms show –ha. This appears to be simply the Scots form of hall. They are also spelt with an apostrophe suggesting –hall was understood. It is not impossible that the original form of this name contained –haugh, but there is no evidence for it. Moreover, Laverockhall and Larkhall appear a number of times in Scotland, whilst laverock + haugh appears only once, to my knowledge, in a small area near Annan. For more information on this, see Hough 2003 who also proposed hall.
