| Place-name: | House Burn |
| Suggested Meaning: | burn associated with a house |
| SSE house ‘house’ Scot burn ‘stream’ | |
| Blaeu Coila (1654): | N/A |
| OS Name Books (1855-57): | House Burn |
| Location: | Ordnance Survey (1896) |
| Early Forms |
| N/A |
House Burn
SSE house ‘house‘ Scots burn ‘burn’
The entry in the Ayrshire Ordnance Survey Names Book (1855-57) for House Burn reads –
A small stream running on the west side of Nether Beoch into Beoch Lane Burn*
*Beoch Lane Burn the element burn ‘stream’ has been added in error, since lane is ‘slow moving stream’
There are several burns [1] running from the west to join the Beoch Lane and House Burn is the one that runs closest to the farmhouse of Nether Beoch.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| References |
| [1] Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. | burn |
| Maps |
| Reproduced with the Permission of National Library of Scotland |
| https://maps.nls.uk/ |
| Map 1: Ordnance Survey Maps – Six-inch 1st edition, Scotland, 1843-1882 (1857)| House Burn |
| Ordnance Survey Name Books |
| By Permission of Scotland’s Places |
| scotlandsplaces.gov.uk |
| Ayrshire OS Name Books (1855-57) Vol. 49| House Burn |