Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Andrew's Church, North Berwick
Grid reference
NT 554 855 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
355400 685500
Latitude
56.060320087926534
Longitude
-2.7163048183699994
Altitude (metres)
5
County
East Lothian
Nearby places
North Berwick, parish (0.06 miles)
St Andrew's Well, North Berwick (0.19 miles)
St Andrew's Church, (later) North Berwick (0.2 miles)
Kilmurdie, Dirleton (1.55 miles)
St Baldred's Well, Whitekirk & Tyninghame (2.39 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
A small vaulted structure survives, once a projection from the south wall of the kirk (which was in ruins by 1656). A number of early gravestones have been found here, and a slab bearing an incised cross on both sides which is thought to be of ninth- or tenth-century date (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Within North Berwick, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Andrew's Church
Head name
St Andrew's Church
Place
St Andrew's Church, North Berwick
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?
No
St Andrew's Church 1854, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Andrew's Church Head nameSt Andrew's Church PlaceSt Andrew's Church, North Berwick Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Notes on the context of this place-nameMid 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.
Saints in this place-name
Andrew (ns) (certain)
Andrew the apostle (certain)
Place-name data
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