Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Melville, former parish Lasswade
Grid reference
NT 300 660 (general (1km))
Six-figure easting & northing
330000 666000
Latitude
55.88208964978626
Longitude
-3.1191041359833793
County
Midlothian
Nearby places
St Leonard's House, Lasswade (0.09 miles)
Lasswade, parish (0.09 miles)
St Anne's Factory, Lasswade (0.18 miles)
St Leonard's Mill, Lasswade (0.2 miles)
St Leonard's Hospital & Chapel, Lasswade (0.2 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Notes
The NGR is for the lands of Melville, now in Lasswade parish.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Lasswade, parish
Parish details
Melville now part of Lasswade LAS
Parish TLA
MLX
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Parish notes
The lands of Melville were annexed to the parish of Lasswade by an act of Parliament in 1633 (APS v, c.145, p.145; = RPS 1633/6/173). At the same time the lands of Lugton, apparently part of the parish of Melville (St Andrews) were taken into the parish of Dalkeith.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Melville
Head name
Melville
Place
Melville, former parish Lasswade
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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
Maleuill 1178, Dunf. Reg.
Historic formMaleuill Head nameMelville PlaceMelville, former parish Lasswade Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDunf. Reg., no. 100 Date of citation1178 x 1188 Feature named in sourceecclesiam de |
Source code
Dunf. Reg.
Source title
Registrum de Dunfermelyn
Editors
C. Innes [though not named]
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1842
Maleuill' 1255, Dunf. Reg.
Historic formMaleuill' Head nameMelville PlaceMelville, former parish Lasswade Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDunf. Reg., no. 203 Date of citation1255 x 1255 Feature named in sourceecclesi[a] de |
Source code
Dunf. Reg.
Source title
Registrum de Dunfermelyn
Editors
C. Innes [though not named]
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1842
Mailuille 1536, Dunf. Reg.
Historic formMailuille Head nameMelville PlaceMelville, former parish Lasswade Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDunf. Reg., no. 527 Date of citation1536 x 1536 Feature named in sourceecclesia parochialis |
Source code
Dunf. Reg.
Source title
Registrum de Dunfermelyn
Editors
C. Innes [though not named]
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1842
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