OS1/30/4/1

  1. Records
  2. Ordnance Survey Name Books
  3. Selkirkshire OS Name Books, 1858
  4. Selkirkshire volume 04
  5. OS1/30/4/1
Open in new window  Download
List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Galashiels Galashiels
(Parish)		 Map of Scotland
Map of Selkirkshire
New Statistical account		 003 ; 004 ; 007 ; 008 The name Galashiels means simply "the Shepherds' Huts on the Gala" the word Gala or Gwala itself meaning "a full stream" - The terms "shiels" and shielings were very commonly used by the Northumbrian Saxons to denote the temporary shelters of Shepherds and are still currently employed by the Peasantry in pastoral districts, besides forming part of the compound names of many localities -
The parish consists of the ancient and suppressed parishes of Baulside and Lindean, the former in Selkirkshire, and the latter in Roxburghshire, but the Selkirk portion may be considered as the Parish proper -
It is bounded on the NE [North East] by Melrose, on the S. [South] East by

Continued entries/extra info

[Page] 1
Galashiels Parish W Beatty

  Transcribers who have contributed to this page.

Skinnb1- Moderator, MichaelG

  Location information for this page.

Galashiels Parish, Selkirkshire County

  Linked mapsheets.

Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Selkirkshire, Sheet Viii Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Selkirkshire, Sheet Viii
Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Selkirkshire, Sheet Iii Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Selkirkshire, Sheet Iii
Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Selkirkshire, Sheet Iv Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Selkirkshire, Sheet Iv
Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Selkirkshire, Sheet Vii Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Selkirkshire, Sheet Vii