Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Mertoun, parish
Grid reference
NT 615 318 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
361500 631800
Latitude
55.578328455609565
Longitude
-2.6107366253934257
Nearby places
St Boswells Burn (0.97 miles)
St Boswells Church, St Boswells (0.98 miles)
St Boswells, parish, aka Lessuden (0.98 miles)
Maxton, parish (0.98 miles)
St Cuthbert's Church, Maxton (0.98 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the parish kirk, built 1658, incorporating earlier interlace stone.
Relationships with other places
Contains St Mary's Abbey, Dryburgh, Mertoun
Parish TLA
MER
County
Berwickshire
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Mertoun
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Mertoun
Place
Mertoun, 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
Historic formMertoun This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameMertoun PlaceMertoun, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 65 Date of citation1165 x 1171 Feature named in sourceecclesia |
Associated person or bodyWilliam I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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