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Milton

Baile a’ Mhuilinn


Meaning

the town of the mill


Location

Ross and Cromarty

Highland

NH766744


English / Map Form: Milton

Gaelic Form: Baile a’ Mhuilinn


Location: Easter Ross, Highland

Post Town: INVERGORDON

County: Ross and Cromarty

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Milton

Gaelic Form: Baile a’ Mhuilinn


Language Notes

G nom. sg. baile, masc. ‘town’ + masc. gen. sg. def. art. a’ (leniting) + lenited gen. sg. muileann,masc. ‘mill’ = ‘the town of the mill’

Element Meaning

G baile ~ town; muileann ~ mill

Sources

Miltoun Cast. c. 1590 Pont map 20
terris de Mylntoun de Meddat 1623 Retours (Ross and Cromarty) no. 65
Miltoun 1654 Blaeu Map (Moray)
village lately called Milnetoun 1681 RPS [1681/7/156]
Milton 1745 Moll’s Shire of Ross and Cromartie
Milton 1880 OS 6 inch 1st edn.
G. Bail’ a’ mhuilinn Watson 1904, 204

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