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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