PLACE-NAMES | SUGGESTED MEANING |
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Nether Beoch (Ruin) | SScots nether ‘lower-lying property’ + Place-Name: Beoch |
Nether Cairn | |
Nether Linn | Scots nether ‘lower-lying property’ +Place-Name: Linn |
Nether Westland | S. nether ‘upper’ + Place-Westland |
Nethertown, Nethertown Burn | Scots nether ‘lower-lying property’ +Scots -ton, -town ‘farm building’ Place-Name: Nethertown + Scots burn ‘stream’ |
New Cumnock | SSE new ‘new’ + place-name: Cumnock (parish of Cumnock sub-divided into new parished of Old Cumnock and New Cumnock, requiring a new kirk to be erected for parish of New Cumnock) |
Newhouse | a new house (built to house lead miners and their families) |
Niviston Hill | Proper Name: Nivis? + S. ton ‘ferm-toun’ |
North Boig | Gaelic bog, buig ‘marshy, fen, swampy, ground’ |
PLACE-NAME | SUGGESTED MEANING |