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English name |
Portlethen |
Gaelic name |
Port Leathain |
Meaning |
port of the slope |
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Location |
Aberdeenshire |
Local authority |
Aberdeenshire ~ Siorrachd Obar Dheathain |
Parish post 1891 |
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County post 1891 |
Aberdeenshire ~ Siorrachd Obar Dheathain |
Topographical feature type |
Settlement ~ Tuineachadh |
Post town |
ABERDEEN |
Postcode area |
AB12 |
OS sheet number |
406 |
OS grid reference |
NO922966 |
Type of name |
Place ~ Àite |
Element meaning |
G port ~ harbour’ + G leathan ~ slope |
Element type |
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Language notes |
G nom. sg. port, masc. ‘harbour’ + gen. sg. fem. def. art. na + gen. pl. of G leathan, ‘slope (leading to a port)’ |
Sources |
terras de Proclaithin |
1527 RMS iii, 559 |
Portlethin |
1529 RMS iii, 878 |
terrarum de Portlathin |
1557 RMS iv, 1148 |
baroniam de Portlethin |
1608 RMS vi, 2122 |
Portlathin |
1608 Records of the Sherriff court of Aberdeenshire ii, 136 |
Portlethin |
1610 Records of the Sherriff court of Aberdeenshire ii, 154 |
baroniam de Portlethin |
1625 RMS viii, 707 |
baroniam de Portlethin |
1637 RMS ix, 725 |
Port-Lethin |
1654 Blaeu Map Aberdeen/Banff |
barony of, harbour of Porthlethin |
1659 RMS x, 680 |
barony of Porthlethen |
1667 RMS xi, 1042 |
Port Lethon |
1747-55 Roy |
Portlethon, Portlethon Shore |
1820 Thomson [also Port moss, and Seat Town of |
Porlethon] |
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Additional info |
Leathan Grange is in Portlethen, along with some building names with Leathan.
Leathan here is in the sense of a slope leading down to the port. |
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