laneside

Place-name:	Laneside
Suggested Meaning:	side of the slow moving stream
	Scots lane ‘slow moving stream’
Blaeu Coila (1654):	No Entry
OS Name Books (1855-57):	Laneside
Location:	Ordnance Survey (1894)

Laneside

Scots lane ‘slow moving stream’ + ‘side’

Laneside farm took its name from its location on the north bank of the Beoch Lane close to its confluence with the River Nith. The ruin has been lost to opencast coal workings.

As well as Beoch Lane, the place-name element Scots lane ‘slow-moving stream’ [1] is found elsewhere in the parish in Lane Burn (which in turn gives rise to the farm names Lanehead and Lanemark); Auchtitench Lane and Back Lane on the north-east of the parish.

Map 1 Laneside | Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland

The Ordnance Survey Name Book (1855-57) entry for Laneside reads –

A small house with a few acres of land attached – It is a sublet off Waterhead.

Map 2 : Laneside and Waterhead (Johnston’s map) | Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland

1841 Census

Tenants: James Weir (farmer), Elzabeth Weir (wife) and David Weir (son) along with three lodgers.

1851 Census

Tenants: William Dick (farmer of 35 acres), Deborah Dick nee Walls (wife), and children – Deborah, Elizabeth, James, Helen and Jane – who was born at Laneside on 10th July 1848.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

References

[1] Dictionaries of the Scots Language |lane

Maps

Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland

https://maps.nls.uk/

Map 1 | Ordnance Survey (1856) |Laneside

Map 2 | Ordnance Survey (1857) | Laneside & Waterhead

Ordnance Survey Name Books

By Permission of Scotland’s Places

scotlandsplaces.gov.uk

Ayrshire OS Name Books (1855-57) Vol. 49| Laneside