Old Mill Lade
lake or loch · Falkirk
Old EnglishSurmised
Suggested2 sources · name elements
This name refers to a lade (a channel of water) connected to an old mill. 'Old' signifies age, 'Mill' denotes a place for grinding, and 'Lade' is a term for a water channel.
Word origins
- Old
- Old Englishancient, aged(from eald "old")
- Mill
- Old Englishmill(from mylen "mill")
- Lade
- Old Englishwater channel, conduit(from lad "way, course, channel")