Ballaugh
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 Main road at Ballaugh Bridge | |
  Ballaugh Location within the Isle of Man | |
| Population | 1,032 (2016 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SC345936 |
| Parish | Ballaugh |
| Sheading | Michael |
| Crown dependency | Isle of Man |
| Post town | ISLE OF MAN |
| Postcode district | IM7 |
| Dialling code | 01624 |
| Police | Isle of Man |
| Fire | Isle of Man |
| Ambulance | Isle of Man |
| House of Keys | Ayre & Michael |
Ballaugh (/bəˈlæf/ bə-LAF;[1] from Manx Balley ny Loghey 'town of the lake', IPA: [b(alən)əˈlaf])[2] is a small village in the Isle of Man in the parish of the same name, in the sheading of Michael. It is the only village in the parish.[3]
The parish adjoins Jurby to the north, Lezayre to the east, Michael to the south and south-west, and the Irish Sea to the west. It stretches about 5 miles or 8 km from north to south: at the extreme southern end it includes part of Sulby Reservoir, and to the west, it includes part of Bishopscourt, the former house of the Island's Bishop.
- ^ G.M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 9.
- ^ Place Names of The Isle of Man – Da Ny Manninee Dooie Volume Two. Sheading of Michael: (Kirk Michael, Ballaugh and Jurby) page 126 & 127 Ballaugh by Nick Broderick – Türbingen; Niemeyer NE:HST (1995) Manx Place- Name Survey, Max Niemeyer Nigno Tubingen ISBN 3-484-40138-9 (Gesamtwerk) 3-484-40130-3 (Band 2) Druck und Eiband: Weihert-Druck GmbH Darmstadt. "Village ct SC39SW.")
- ^ "Ballaugh parish". isle-of-man.com. 2006. Retrieved 14 October 2008.