Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Morton, parish
Grid reference
NY 332 750 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
333200 575000
Latitude
55.064909521362814
Longitude
-3.046073789275845
County
Dumfriesshire
Nearby places
Half Morton, modern parish (0.83 miles)
Canonbie, parish (3.99 miles)
St Martin's Church, Canonbie (3.99 miles)
Kirkandrews, settlement, Kirkandrews on Esk (4.02 miles)
Kirkandrews on Esk, parish now in England (4.13 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR given is for the sitei of the medieval church of Morton, which lies in the modern parish of Canonbie, following boundary changes to this parish. No trace of the kirk remains, though the graveyard (full of nettles) is still full of graves (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Half Morton, modern parish (formerly)
Within Langholm, modern parish
part of
Relationships with other places
Contains St Patrick's Well, Morton
Parish details
Morton MRT
Parish TLA
MRT
County
Dumfriesshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Parish notes
Granted in the king’s presence to Kelso abbey by Hugh Sansmanche (sine manicis- for which see RRS ii no. 183 [=Kelso Lib. no. 404] note p. 241), the church was confirmed or regranted to the abbey c.1200 by Dufenald de Strahevid and in 1232 by Walter bp. of Glasgow (Kelso Lib. nos. 279, 347, 404). The parsonage thereafter remained annexed, although its revenues were evidently devoted to the uses of the dependent cell of Lesmahagow (Ass. 245, 247; Reg. of Pres. ii, 20). Cowan 1967, 152. Not mentioned in Shennan 1892.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Morton
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Morton
Place
Morton, 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 formMortune This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameMorton PlaceMorton, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no 183 Date of citation1173 x 1177 Feature named in sourcechurch |
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
Mortoun 1560, Assumption
Historic formMortoun This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameMorton PlaceMorton, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 229 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Associated person or bodyKelso Abbey Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
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