Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Sydserf, settlement North Berwick
Grid reference
NT 541 817 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
354100 681700
Latitude
56.02605437917716
Longitude
-2.7365310231571485
Altitude (metres)
60
County
East Lothian
Nearby places
Kilmurdie, Dirleton (1.12 miles)
St Catherine's Chapel, Dirleton (2.08 miles)
St Andrew's Church, (later) North Berwick (2.3 miles)
St Andrew's Well, North Berwick (2.32 miles)
North Berwick, parish (2.47 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR is for Sydserf House, the seat of the Sydserf family since the fourteenth century, though the present building on the site shows no evidence of anything earlier than the seventeenth century. A short distance to the west a settlement called Chapel stands (OS map). This may be the 'Chapelside' referred to in the charter of 1537: Rex confirmavit Johanni Sideserf .... terras de Nethir-Sideserf et Chapelside, ... (RMS iii no. 1713). This Chapel is on the very boundary of the parish.
Relationships with other parishes
Within North Berwick, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Sydserf
Head name
Sydserf
Place
Sydserf, settlement 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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formSydserffe Head nameSydserf PlaceSydserf, settlement North Berwick Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i no. 443 Date of citation1373 x 1373 Feature named in sourceland Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Historic formSideserf Head nameSydserf PlaceSydserf, settlement North Berwick Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 1713 Date of citation1537 x 1537 Feature named in sourceJohn of Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Historic formSyidserf Head nameSydserf PlaceSydserf, settlement North Berwick Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Lothian and Linlithgow Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Sydserf 1854, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSydserf Head nameSydserf PlaceSydserf, settlement North Berwick Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1854 x 1854 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
Serf (ns) (certain)
Serf of Culross (certain)
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