Batenbush
Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkandrews Middle
Historical Forms
- the Batingbush 1536 LP
- Baitting Bukske, the Bating Busk 1538 ib
- Baytonbushe 1603 DuLa
- Batinbuss 1658 CantWviii
- Bayting bush 1675 SandfordA
- Batinbush 1740 CW(OS)viii
- Beaton Bush 1774 Donald
- Beating Bush 1821 G
Etymology
This is known to have been a place where Scottish and English borderers met for discussion and negotiation. Bating is the normal English 'debating.' Cf. The Debateable Land supra 38.