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Slateford

Àth na Sglèata

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City of Edinburgh

City of Edinburgh

NT222710


English / Map Form: Slateford

Gaelic Form: Àth na Sglèata


Location: Edinburgh

Post Town: EDINBURGH

County: City of Edinburgh

Local Authority: City of Edinburgh

English / Map Form: Slateford

Gaelic Form: Àth na Sglèata


Language Notes

G àth, masc. ‘ford’ + G na, fem. nom. pl. def. art. + gen. sg. of G sglèata, fem., 'slate' 

Element Meaning

 

Sources

Sklaitfuird 1654 RMS x, 264
Sklaitfoord 1654 RMS x, 353
Sklaitfoord 1656 RMS x, 488
Slateford 1773 Armstrong

 

Additional Information

“Self-explanatory. The village was built at a ford over the water of Leith, and the first el. refers to the slaty freestone quarried at Redhall and Hailes (see NSA) v. ME sclat ford.” Dixon, Place-names of Midlothian, 149

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