Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lyne, parish
Grid reference
NT 191 405 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
319100 640500
Latitude
55.651295360226655
Longitude
-3.2857557884818296
Nearby places
St Michael's Chapel, Stobo (1.34 miles)
Stobo, parish (1.88 miles)
St Mungo's Kirk, Stobo (1.88 miles)
Manor, parish (2.42 miles)
Lady's Well, Peebles (2.66 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for the mid-seventeenth century kirk, which may sit on the site of a medieval building. THere is a medieval font at the site (NMRS).
Parish TLA
LYN
County
Lanarkshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Parish notes
Originally a chapel of Stobo, all right to this church was renounced by the lords of Lyne to the parsons of Stobo and the bishops of Glasgow, its patrons, between 1189 and 1209 (Cowan 1967, 141).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lyne
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Lyne
Place
Lyne, parish
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Lyne 1560, Assumption
Historic formLyne This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameLyne PlaceLyne, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 252 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourceparsonage and parson |
Source code
Assumption
Source title
The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation
Editors
J. Kirk
Series
Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21
Year
1995
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