RATHO PARISH
Place names spellings dates of use and sources of reference.
Ratho Village c 1864.
Plan of Ratho Village ©
Ratheu
1258. Bannatyne Club Publications (1823-68). Liber cartarum prioratus. Sancti Andree in Scotia, 1841.
1288-1290. Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum. The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland 1264-1460, (6 vols. 1878-1883).
1296-1298, et freq. to 1338. Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland preserved in her Majesty’s Public Record Office, London, edited, by Joseph Bain, II08-1509 (4 Vols. 1881-1888).
1371, 1372-3. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Rathew
1315. Calendar of Charters contained in H.M. General Register House, Edinburgh (13 Vols. II42-1591).
1306-29, 1371, 1390-1406. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
1335-6, 1336, 1339. Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland preserved in Her Majesty’s Public Record Office, London, edited by Joseph Bain, II08-1509 (4 Vols. 1881-1888).
1396. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68) Registrum Honoris de Morton (2 Vols. 1853).
Rathow
1315, 1329-71, 1408 et freq to 1586. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
1329-71, 1360. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68). Registrum Honoris de Morton (2 Vols. 1853).
1654. J. Blaeu, Geographia, Vol. VI (Blaeu’s Atlas of Scotland) 1662-65.
Rathau
1377. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Rathaw / Rathew
1377, 1378. Calendar of Charters contained in H.M. General Register House, Edinburgh (13 Vols. II42-1591).
Rathou
1452, 1477. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Ratho
1292, 1379. Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland preserved in Her Majesty’s Public Record Office, London edited by Joseph Bain, II06-1509 (4 Vols. 1881-1888).
1444. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-1868). Registrum domus de Soltre etc., 1861.
1488. The Acts of the Lords Auditors of causes and complaints (Acta dominorum auditorum) 1466-94, 1839.
1498, 1508 et passim to 1666. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
1508, 1535, 1538-1539. Register of Privy Seal of Scotland 1542-48.
1539. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68). Liber cartarum prioratus. Sancti Andree in Scotia, 1841.
1573, 1643, 1655. Calendar of the Laing Charters 854-1837, edited J. Anderson, 1839.
1584, 1589, 1590. Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 1542-92 (3 Vols. 1908-36).
1668. Scottish History Society publications (in progress). First Series (1) Journal of a Foreign Tour in 1665 and 1666 etc., by Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall, 1900.
1773. A. & M. Armstrong, Map of the Three Lothians, 1773.
Retheu / Rethow
1306-29.
Rothew
1371.
Rothow
1615. The four spellings above are all referred to in Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols.1814-1914).
Rothau
1637. Scottish History Society publications (in progress). Second Series (II). Warriston’s Diary, vol. II. 1919.
‘The (place of) forts or raths’ v. G. rath, W. rhath: ‘a circular fortified place’, plural rhathau; see W. J. Watson, The History of Celtic Place names of Scotland, 1926.
Ratho Byres
1444. Bannantyne Club publications (1823-68). Registrum domus de Soltre etc., 1861.
Rathobiris
1510. Register of Privy Seal of Scotland 1542-48.
1533. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Rathobyris
1524. Bannantyne Club publications (1823-68). Registrum cartarum ecclesie Sancti Egidii de Edinburgh 1859.
1588, 1593, 1618. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306 - 1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
The lands of Abthane formerly and now called Rathobyris
1547. Calendar of the Laing Charters 854-1837, edited J.Anderson, 1839.
Rathobyris voc.Lie Abthane de Ratho
1588, 1593. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Abden de Ratho Nuncupat byris
1594. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Rathobyres
1668. Scottish History Society publications (in progress). First Series Journal of a foreign Tour in 1665 and 1666 etc., by Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall, 1900.
Rathobyres
1773. A. & M. Armstrong, Map of the Three Lothians, 1773.
‘Cowsheds’ v Old English byre; of A. Macdonald 1941: Place names of West Lothian. , compare Abthane denotes Church tenure, v. Gaelic abdhaine ‘abbacy’ abbotric’; Ratho in early times was an adjunct of the Collegiate Church of Corstorphine see Bannantyne Club publications (1823-68). Registrum domus de Soltre etc., 1861 and hence under the jurisdiction of Holyrood Abbey; compare Abden (Kinghorn Fife) c 1280. Abbethayne, an outlying possession of Dunfermline Abbey; the Gaelic term suggests that a Roman foundation had been established on an earlier Celtic one.
Kirkmill
(Lost) is then
Kirkmylne
1581. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Kirkmylne de Rathow
1586. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols.1814-1914).
Kirkmill
1790. The Register of Sasines, H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh.
Literal v. cirice myln.
Millmeadow
(Lost) is now
Myln-Medo of Ratho
1573. Calendar of the Laing Charters 854-1837, edited J.Anderson, 1839.
Literal v. myln maed (we).
North Row is North Raw
1408. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Le North Raw de Rathow
1452. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Northraw
1581. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Literal, v. norp raw.
Rathomyre is lie Rathomyre
1540. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Rathomyre
1656, 1663. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
v. Old Norse myrr.
West Row is Westraw
1569. The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 1542-92 (3 Vols. 1908-36).
Literal v. raw.
Adestoun
1589. The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 1542-92 (3 Vols. 1908-36).
Adistoune
1690. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Addieston
1773. A. & M. Armstrong, Map of the Three Lothians, 1773.
Aldersto (u) n (e)
1610, 1615, 1647, 1654, 1666. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Aldiestoun
1646. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
‘Aldhere’s farm v. tun for the Old English pers. Name, Aldersey compare Alderton, E. Ekwall: Concise Dictionary of English Place names, 1936.
Bondingtona
Bonnington House ©
c. 1315. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Bondyngton(e)
1335-6 1336-7. Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland preserved in Her Majesty’s Public Record Office, London. Edited by Joseph Bain, II06-1509 (4 vols. 1881-1888).
Bondingtoun
1329-71. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Bendingtoun
1306-29. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Bonyngtona
1372. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Bonyngtoun
1444. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68) Registrum domus de Soltre etc., 1861.
1589 et freq. to 1629. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Bonyntoun
1329-71, 1528-9, 1613. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Bonytoun (e)
1444. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68) Registrum domus de Soltre etc., 1861.
1587 et freq. to 1663. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols.1814-1914).
1668 Scottish History Society publications (in progress). First Series Journal of a Foreign Tour in 1665 and 1666 etc., by Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall, 1900.
Boningtoun
1565. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Bonnytoun
1636. Calendar of the Laing Charters 854-1837, edited J. Anderson, 1839.
Boniton
1630. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68) Liber cartarum Sanete Crucis, 1840.
Bonietoun
1654. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols.1814-1914).
‘ the farm of Bondi or of Bondis people v. tun,-ingtun. On the personal name Old Norse Bondi see Feilitzen (O. Von Fielitzen, The pre-conquest Personal names of 1937). The first el may have been associated with the adjective bonny. compare Bonnytoun A. Macdonald: Place names of West Lothian, 1941.
Lie Burnecruik
1602. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols.1814-1914).
Burn(e)wynde
1614-1636. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols.1814-1914).
Burnweynd
1657. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols.1814-1914).
‘Bend in the stream’ v. burna Middle English crok, Scots wynd. Burnwynd is situated in the double-turn of the Gogar Burn.
Dalmahoy
1296, 1297, 1335-7. Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland preserved in Her Majesty’s Public Record Office, London edited by Joseph Bain, II06-1509 (4 Vols. 1881-1888).
1329. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68). Registrum S Marie de Neubotle, 1849.
1330. Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum. The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland 1264-1460 (6 Vols. 1878-1883).
1381. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68). Registrum Honoria de Morton (2 Vols. 1853).
1428, 1451. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68). Registrum Cartarum ecclesie Sancti Egidii de Edinburgh, 1859.
1473. The Acts of the Lords Auditors of causes and complaints (Acta dominorum auditorum) 1466-94, 1839.
1478. The Acts of the Lords of Council in civil causes. (Acta dominorum concilii), 1478-1554. (3 Vols.1839-1932).
1516, 1547, 1548. Register of Privy Seal of Scotland 1542-48.
1526 et passim to 1690. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols.1814-1914).
1569, 1587, 1590. The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 1542-92 (3 Vols. 1908-36).
Dalmahoye
1327, 1328, 1329. Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum. The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland 1264-1460 (6 Vols. 1878-1883).
Dalmihoi
1296 Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland preserved in Her Majesty’s Public Record Office, London. Edited by Joseph Bain, II06-1509 (4 Vols. 1881-1888).
Dalmhoy
c. 1330. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68). Registrum S. Marie de Neubotle, 1849.
Dalmohoy
1357. Calendar of Charters contained in H.M. General Register House, Edinburgh (13 Vols. II42-1591).
Dalmehoy
1335-6. Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland preserved in Her Majesty’s Public Record Office, London. Edited by Joseph Bain, II06-1509 (4 Vols. 1881-1888).
1475. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Dalmayhoy
1488, 1489. The Acts of the Lords Auditors of causes and complaints (Acta dominorum auditerum) 1466-94, 1839.
Dalmahay
1654. J. Blaeu, Geographia, Vol. VI (Blaeu’s Atlas of Scotland) 1662-65.
‘My Tua’s meadow’ v. Gaelic dail mo Thuae. Tua is the name of a saint in the early Celtic Church. compare Feill mo Thatha ‘St. Tua’s fair’, Aberdeenshire. See W.J.Watson, The History of the Celtic Place-names in Scotland, 1926 (152-3).
Note: -
Long Dalmahoy is probably Half-Dalmahoy
1598, 1614, 1618, 1636, 1648. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Long Dalmahoy
1657. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
1773. A. & M. Armstrong, Map of the Three Lothians, 1773.
‘Half’ connotates lower situation; ‘long’ is applied to a straggling hamlet; compare Long Livingston A. Macdonald: Place names of West Lothian, 1941.
Goger
1214-49, 1233. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68). Liber cartarum Sanete Crucis, 1840.
1306-29. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Coger
1336-7. Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland preserved in Her Majesty’s Public Record Office, London. Edited by Joseph Bain, II06-1509 (4 Vols. 1881-1888).
Gogger
13th Cent. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68) Liber cartarum prioratus, Sancti Andree in Scotia, 1841.
Gogar
1306-29, 1516, et freq. to 1656. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
1444, 1567, 1575, 1580, 1585. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68) Registrum domus de Soltre etc., 1861.
1453. Compota thesauriorum regum Scotorum. Accounts of The Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, 1473-1513 (4 Vols. 1877-1902).
1550 et freq. to 1604. Calendar of the Laing Charters 854-1837, edited J.Anderson, 1839.
1556 et passim to 1592. The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 1542-92 (3 Vols. 1908-36).
1577. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68) Registrum Honoris de Morton (2 Vols. 1853).
Gogare
1410-II, 1452. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
1567, 1570. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68) Registrum domus de Soltre etc., 1861.
Grogar
1452, 1539. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Obscure. W.J.Watson, the History of the Celtic Place names of Scotland, 1926 tentatively suggests Welsh go, Old Welsh guo, Gaelic fo ‘under’, and Welsh cor, as in ban-gor, ‘coping, battlement’. “Gogar would thus mean ‘a small setting or cast’ with reference to some physical feature such as a small spur or eminence or piece of land; the Gaelic equivalent is fochar” There is some slight rise in gradient at Gogar Mount. Compare Gogar (Clackmannan).
Over Gogar is Uvir Gogar(e)
1437, 1459. Calendar of Charters contained in H.M. General Register House, Edinburgh (13 Vols. II42-1591).
Uper gogar
1476. The Acts of the Lords Auditors of causes and complaints (Acta dominorum auditorum) 1466-94, 1839.
Ovirgogar(e)
1480, 1492. The Acts of the Lords of Council in civil causes (Acta dominorum concilii) 1478-1554 (3 Vols.) 1839-1932.
1583. Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 1542-92 (3 Vols.) 1908-36.
Ovir Goger
1527-8. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Ovir Gogar
1531, 1533, 1601, 1614. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306 - 1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
1569. Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 1542-92 (3 Vols.) 1908-36.
Over Gogar
1581 et freq. to 1660. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
1591. Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 1542-92 (3 Vols.) 1908-36.
Eister Gogar
1656. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
‘over’ and ‘easter’ are topographical differentiations v. Middle English overe Old English uferra easterra.
Nether Gogar Is Nethirgogare
1453. Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum. The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland 1264-1460 (6 Vols. 1878-1883).
Nether Gogar (e)
1542 et passim to 1586. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
1570. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68). Registrum Domus de Soltre etc., 1861.
Nethir Goger
1581. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Ne(a)ther Gogar
1601, 1656. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
v. Neoperra ‘lower’.
Gogar Mill (lost) is Miln of Gogar
1503. Compota thesauriorum regum Scotorum. Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, 1473-1513 (4 Vols. 1877-1902).
Gogarmilne
1569. Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 1542-92 (3 Vols.) 1908-36.
Gogarmyln
1591. Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 1542-92 (3 Vols.) 1908-36.
Dryyards of Gogar (lost) is Dry-yardis of Gogar
1567, 1585. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68). Registrum domus de Soltre etc., 1861.
Kirkland croft Surviving in Kirklands Lodge, is Kirkland of Gogare
1567. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68). Registrum domus de Soltre etc., 1861.
Kirkland Croft (of Gogar)
1570. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68). Registrum domus de Soltre etc., 1861.
1571. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Kirkland de Gogar
1602. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
A field on the farm of Over Gogar is also still called Kirkland; the name probably indicates ancient possession by the Church. Tempilland(i)s of Ovir Goga(i)r is thus, and may indicate former Templar ownership.
Wellflat (lost) is Wol(l) flat (of Gogar)
1570. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68). domus de Soltre etc.,1861.
1571. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
‘flat land by a well’ v. wi (e) lla flat; compare Wallhouse (c.1540 Wolhous), Walflat. A. Macdonald: place names of West Lothian, 1941.
Haltun
Hatton House House ©
1288-90. Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum. The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland 1264-1460. (6 Vols. 1878-1883).
Halton(e)
1335-6, 1336-7. Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland preserved in Her Majesty’s Public Record Office, London. Edited by Joseph Bain, II06-1509 (4 Vols. 1881-1888).
1379-90. Calendar of Charters contained in H.M. General Register House, Edinburgh (13 Vols. II42-1591).
1453. Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum. The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland 1264-1460. (6 Vols. 1878-1883).
1476. The Acts of the Lords Auditors of causes and complaints (Acta dominorum auditorum) 1466-94, 1839.
1480. The Acts of the Lords of Council in civil causes, (Acta dominorum concilii) 1478-1554 (3 Vols.) 1839-1932.
Haltona
1377. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Haltoun(e)
1377. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68). Registrum Honoris de Morton (2 Vols. 1853).
1434, 1453. Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum. The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland 1264-1460. (6 Vols. 1878-1883).
1444. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68). Registrum domus de Soltre etc., 1861.
1447, 1449, 1523. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68). Registrum cartarum ecclesie Sancti Egidii de Edinburgh, 1859.
1452 et passim to 1667. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
1479, 1480. The Acts of the Lords of Council in civil causes (Acta dominorum concilii) 1478-1554 (3 Vols.) 1839-1932.
1506-7. Compota thesauriorum regum Scotorum. Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, 1473-1513 (4 Vols. 1877-1902).
1543, 1547, 1548. Register of Privy Seal of Scotland 1542-48.
1572 et passim to 1591. Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 1542-92 (3 Vols.) 1908-36.
1573, 1655, 1691. Calendar of the Laing Charters 854-1837, edited J. Anderson, 1839.
1688. Scottish History Society publications, (in progress) First Series (1). Journal of a Foreign Tour in 1665 and 1666 etc., by Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall, 1900.
Hawtoun(e)
1490. The Acts of the Lords of Council in civil causes, (Acta dominorum concilii) 1478-1554 (3 Vols.) 1839-1932.
1610. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Hatoun
1627. Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland preserved in Her Majesty’s Public Record Office, London. Edited by Joseph Bain, II06-1509 (4 Vols. 1881-1888).
And Reports on the State of Certain Parishes in Scotland (Maitland Club, 34), 1835.
Hatto (u) n (e)
1690. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
1773. A. & M. Armstrong, Map of Three Lothians, 1773.
Probably ‘farm by the (Gogar) burn’ v. halh tun. Hatton lies in the haugh – land on the Gogar Burn near its junction with the Green Burn. Compare Halton (Book of Charters Laing) E. Ekwall: Concise Dictionary of English Place names, 1936. The first el. may be Old English h (e) all ‘hall’ with reference to Dalmahoy.
Note: Easter Hatton Mains is Half – Haltoun (de Dalmahoy) 1558 1598 1614 1616 1636, Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Manis A & M. Armstrong, Map of Three Lothians, 1773. v. demeyne.
Newhous
1614-1636. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
New House
A. & M. Armstrong, Map of Three Lothians, 1773.
Literal v. niwe hus
Nortun
1288-90. Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum. The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland 1264-1460. (6 Vols. 1878-1883).
Norton(e)
1335-6, 1336-7. Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland preserved in Her Majesty’s Public Record Office, London. Edited by Joseph Bain, II06-1509 (4 Vols. 1881-1888).
Nortona
1371-2. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Nortoun (e)
1329-71, 1452, 1482, 1506, 1581, et frq. to 1660. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
1426 et freq. to 1447. Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum. The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland 1264-1460 (6 Vols. 1878-1883).
1444. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68). Registrum domus de Soltre etc., 1861.
1590. Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 1542-92 (3 Vols.) 1908-36.
Northtoun
1668. Scottish History Society publications (in progress) First Series Journal of a Foreign Tour in 1665 and 1666 etc., by Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall, 1900.
‘North farm’ v. norp tun. Compare E. Ekwall: Concise Dictionary of English-Place names, 1936. Norton lies due north of Ratho Village. Note Easter Norton is E. Norton A. & M. Armstrong, Map of the three Lothians, 1773.
PLATT (now Hillwood) Plat
Platt Hill ©
1379, 1389, 1390. Calendar of Charters contained in H.M. General Register House, Edinburgh (13 Vols. II42-1591).
1408, 1452, 1581, 1610, 1618. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Le Plat
1452. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Platt
1444. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68). Registrum domus de Soltre etc., 1861.
1586, 1615. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668, (II Vols. 1814-1914).
‘Flat land’ v. ‘a flat piece of ground’ Note: Hillwood, formerly called Plet, New Statistical Account of Scotland, edited by Rev J. Gordon. 1839-45. North and South Platts are thus 1660, Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914). South and North Flatts 1790 The Register of Sasines, H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh., N. Platt S. Platt A. & M. Armstrong, Map of the Three Lothian’s, 1773. Half-Plat (t) 1614, 1636, 1648. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914). The substitution of Flatt for Platt in the 1790 form is noteworthy.
WESTHALL (now Craigpark) Westhall(e)
1329-71, 1371-3, 1482, 1581, 1586, 1609, 1660. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
1335-6, 1336-7. Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland preserved in Her Majesty’s Public Record Office, London. Edited by Joseph Bain, II06-1509 (4 Vols. 1881-1888).
Wasthall
1444. Bannatyne Club publications (1823-68). Registrum domus de Soltre etc., 1861.
1610. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Weschall
1452. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
(Now Craigpark). Literal v. west hall.
Ashley is the modern name of an estate comprising the ancient lands of Ratho Bank (itself once part of the Abthane of Ratho
Ashley House ©
Marylands and the remaining portion of the estate of Ratho north of the Union Canal; it appears as
Newbigging A. & M. Armstrong, Map of Three Lothians, 1773.
‘New building v niwe bigging compare A. Macdonald: Place names of West Lothian. 1941. E. Ekwall: Concise Dictionary of English Place names, 1936.
Boll of Bere is Boll of Bear
1773. A. & M. Armstrong, Map of Three Lothians, 1773.
A fancy name v. Old English bolla ‘ a measure of grain’ here ‘barley’ as in Berwick.
Brownsfield (lost) is Broumysfelde
1452. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Brownisfeild
1490. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Brounisfeld
1506. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Perhaps v. surname Brown, feld; compare Browns Wood A. Macdonald: Place names of West Lothian, 1941.
Claylands
Unrecorded by Armstrong, is probably modern and literal.
Cotrow (lost) is Cotraw
1372. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
‘row of cottages’ v. cot(e) raw.
Craigpark
Is the modern name of an estate containing part of the lands formerly known as Westhall.
Craw Hill is probably literal v. crawe hyll, and is probably represented by Hattounknow.
Hattounknow
1591. Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 1542-92 (3 Vols.) 1908-36.
‘The round hill at Hatton’ v. cnoll.
The Dean
Is literal v. denu.
Fauldhill (lost)
1526-27. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
May mean ‘hill with a fold’ v. Scots fauld Old English hyll, though for confusion between Scots fauld and Old English f (e) alh ‘unploughed’ see Fauldhouse A. Macdonald: Place names of West Lothian, 1941.
Freelands
According to local tradition** was the common grazing ground of Ratho Parish until enclosed by the Earls of Morton at the time of the 18th Century Land Enclosure Acts; compare the field-name on Freelands Farm of Big Merlans, probably ‘big moorlands’.
Gourdhill (lost)
1620 Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Perhaps ‘steep’ difficult hill’ v. dialect gourd A. Warrack: A Scots Dialect Dictionary (Edinburgh) 19II adjective ‘stiff’, Old English hyll.
Haggs is Hagg
A. & M. Armstrong, Map of Three Lothians, 1773 v.Dialect; hagg: ‘moss, wild broken ground’; A. Warrack: A Scots Dialect Dictionary (Edinburgh) 19II.
Hillwood
Formerly called Plet, New Statistical Account of Scotland edited by Rev. J. Gordon 1839-45, is Literal; see Platt.
Kaimes is Kaims
A. & M. Armstrong, Map of Three Lothians, 1773.
Old English camb ‘ crest, hill-ridge’; compare St Catherine’s of the Kaimes (Liberton) as opposed to St Catherine’s of the Hopes (Glencorse).
Kaimes Hill is Kaims Hill
A. & M. Armstrong, Map of Three Lothians, 1773.
Kellerstain is Callerstane
Kellerstane House ©
A. & M. Armstrong, Map of Three Lothians, 1773.
Kellerstane
1839. New Statistical Account of Scotland, edited by Rev. J. Gordon 1839-45.
v. Old English stan.
Lady’s Well
Is cited by the author of New Statistical Account of Scotland (Ratho) in confirmation of an ancient tradition that Ratho Church was dedicated to the Virgin Mary; such confirmation is by no means certain, though Marylands also points to a similar origin.
Ludgate Lodge, Lud Gate
Ludgate Lodge ©
Preserves the ancient name of Lud Gate New Statistical Account of Scotland, edited by Rev. J. Gordon. 1839-45. The name of part of the Main Street of Ratho, and is perhaps from;
Old English Hlidgeat: ‘swing gate’ in a northern form. Compare Liggat Syke.
A. Macdonald: place names of West Lothian, 1941. Lidgate.
Marchwell
Is perhaps,
Marjoribanks.
1643. Calendar of the Laing Charters 854-1837, edited J. Anderson, 1839.
‘boundary banks v. Old English mearc Middle English banke; compare Scots dialect. ‘march – balk’ A. Warrack: A Scots Dialect Dictionary (Edinburgh) 19II; Marchwell is on the boundary of Ratho Estate; the 1643 Laing Charter form shows orthographic corruption; compare the surname Marjoriebanks.
Marylands is now Ashley
See also Lady’s Well (supra) and Priestlands (infra).
Middlerigg (unrecorded)
Is literal, v. middle hrycg.
Millburn Tower is Damhead
A. & M. Armstrong, Map of Three Lothians, 1773.
’top of the dam’ v heafod; compare Damhead A. Macdonald: place names of West Lothian, 1941. Millburn Tower was built in the 18th century by Sir Robert Liston and derives its name from the proximity of the Tower to the Gogar and Green Burns.
Noltlairs (lost) is Lie Noltlairis
1602. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
‘Cattle-meadows or cattle – sheds’ v. dialect ‘nowt, nolt’ cattle, or lair(s) A. Warrack: A Scots Dialect Dictionary (Edinburgh) 19II, ‘bed resting place’; compare with Noltland (Orkney).
Priestlands (lost) is (Lie) Priestislandis
1586, 1610. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
Priestlandis
1660. Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum, 1306-1668 (II Vols. 1814-1914).
‘The priest’s lands’ v. preost land; compare with priestlands A. Macdonald: Place names of West Lothian 1941.
Ransfield
Unrecorded, may contain dialect ran.
A. Warrack: A Scots Dialect Dictionary (Edinburgh) 19II; ‘the rowan, mountain-ash’.
Roddinglaw is Rod(d)inglaw
A. & M. Armstrong, Map of Three Lothians, 1773.
1786. Register of Sasines, H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh.
v. hlaw; the first el. is probably (The English Dialect Dictionary, edited by Joseph Wright. 6 vols. 1898-1905.) Roddin (g), ‘lane or track’; compare Roden. A. Macdonald: place names of West Lothian, 1941; possibly, dialect roddin; A Scots Dialect Dictionary (Edinburgh) 19II ‘the mountain ash’.
Tormain
Is perhaps,
‘Mid-hill’ v Gaelic torr meadhon; compare Pitmain W. J. Watson, The History of the Celtic Place-names of Scotland, 1926; Tormain Hill separates Halton and Dalmahoy from the north-western part of the parish.
Whitemoss
A. & M. Armstrong, Map of Three Lothians, 1773.
1790. Register of Sasines, H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh.