Saints in Scottish Place-Names

St Cuthbert's Church, Maxton

Grid reference

NT 610 303 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

361000 630300

Latitude

55.56480990848774

Longitude

-2.618455906709922

Altitude (metres)

260

County

Roxburghshire

Nearby places

Maxton, parish (0 miles)

St Boswells Burn (0.14 miles)

St Boswell's Well, Hier Well, St Boswells (0.2 miles)

St Cuthbert's Well, Maxton (0.22 miles)

St Boswells Church, St Boswells (0.28 miles)

Object Classification

Ecclesiastical

Is linear feature?

Notes

Nothing is visible of the twelfth-century church; a round-arched doorway at the west on the south side may be from the fifteenth century, though it may be as late as the early seventeenth (NMRS).

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Relationships with other parishes

Within Maxton, parish

Relationships with other places

Adjacent St Cuthbert's Well, Maxton

circa 150 metres

Names

2 head-names linked to this place

Maxton parish church

This is not a hagiotoponym.

Head name

Maxton parish church

Place

St Cuthbert's Church, Maxton

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

The status of this name is

Current

Is this a current OS form? ?

Yes

Is this the original referent of the place?

Yes

Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?

Maxtoun K 1654, Blaeu

Historic form

Maxtoun K

This is not a hagiotoponym.

Head name

Maxton parish church

Place

St Cuthbert's Church, Maxton

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Blaeu

Date of citation

1654 x 1654

Source code

Blaeu

Source title

Atlas Novus

Editors

and publisher: Johan Blaeu

Year

1654

Church 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.

Historic form

Church

This is not a hagiotoponym.

Head name

Maxton parish church

Place

St Cuthbert's Church, Maxton

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

OS 6 inch first edn.

Date of citation

1843 x 1882

Notes on the context of this place-name

Mid to late 19th c.

Source code

OS 6 inch first edn.

Source title

Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition

Notes

Mid to late 19th c.

Sancti Cuthberti Ecclesia

Head name

Sancti Cuthberti Ecclesia

Place

St Cuthbert's Church, Maxton

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

The status of this name is

Obsolete

Is this a current OS form? ?

Is this the original referent of the place?

Yes

Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?

Sancti Cuthberti ecclesie 1187, Melrose Liber

Historic form

Sancti Cuthberti ecclesie

Head name

Sancti Cuthberti Ecclesia

Place

St Cuthbert's Church, Maxton

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Melrose Liber, no. 90

Date of citation

1187 x 1194

Source code

Melrose Liber

Source title

Liber Sancte Marie de Melros

Series

Bannatyne Club

Year

1837

ecclesie Sancti Cuthberti 1200, Melrose Liber

Historic form

ecclesie Sancti Cuthberti

Head name

Sancti Cuthberti Ecclesia

Place

St Cuthbert's Church, Maxton

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Melrose Liber, no. 92

Date of citation

1200 x 1202

Source code

Melrose Liber

Source title

Liber Sancte Marie de Melros

Series

Bannatyne Club

Year

1837

ecclesie Sancti Cuthberti 1200, Melrose Liber

Historic form

ecclesie Sancti Cuthberti

Head name

Sancti Cuthberti Ecclesia

Place

St Cuthbert's Church, Maxton

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Melrose Liber, no. 92

Date of citation

1200 x 1202

Feature named in source

church

Source code

Melrose Liber

Source title

Liber Sancte Marie de Melros

Series

Bannatyne Club

Year

1837

Saints in this place-name

Cuthbert (ns) (certain)

Cuthbert of Melrose (certain)

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St Cuthbert's Church, Maxton

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Is linear feature?

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Names

Maxton parish church

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Sancti Cuthberti Ecclesia

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