Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Church, Whitekirk (& Tyningham)
Grid reference
NT 598 816 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
359800 681600
Latitude
56.02566796697701
Longitude
-2.645058392211224
Altitude (metres)
35
Nearby places
Our Lady's Well, Whitekirk & Tyninghame (0 miles)
Whitekirk, former parish WTH (0.14 miles)
Whitekirk and Tyninghame, modern parish (0.14 miles)
Tyninghame, former parish, WTH (1.76 miles)
St Baldred's Cave, Whitekirk & Tyninghame (1.78 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This is the old parish church of Whitekirk, a parish now united with its neighbour to form Whitekirk & Tyninghame parish.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Whitekirk and Tyninghame, modern parish
Within Whitekirk, former parish WTH (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary's Church
Head name
St Mary's Church
Place
St Mary's Church, Whitekirk (& Tyningham)
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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
Place-name data
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Satellite map with labels:
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
