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Bantaskin OS 1234 5678 Stirlingshire Derivation: from the Gaelic "peit an t-soisgeil, 'the gospel's share.'" (Watson, WJ 1926) Earlier forms: Pettintoscale 1450 (Register of the Great Seal of Scotland) Pettyntoskale 1451 (Register of the Great Seal of Scotland) Pettyntoskane 1504, 1546 (Register of the Great Seal of Scotland) Pantaskin 1617 Pentaskin 1745 Notes: "The lands may have been so called simply as belonging to the Church, having been gifted as a screabal soiscela, 'gospel penny,' like the places called Ibert and Offerance." (Watson, WJ 1926) see also Pentaskill, Angus, and Pettuscal, Fife References: Johnston, JB, 1892 - Place-Names of Scotland Watson, WJ 1926 - The History of the Celtic Place-names of Scotland

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