Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Abb's Head, Coldingham
Grid reference
NT 910 690 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
391000 669000
Latitude
55.914049107097235
Longitude
-2.1439998161588476
County
Berwickshire
Nearby places
St Abb's Nunnery, Coldingham (0.25 miles)
St Abb's Kirk, Coldingham (0.42 miles)
St Abbs, settlement, Coldingham (1.28 miles)
Ebb Carrs, Coldingham (1.43 miles)
St Andrews Burn, Coldingham (1.8 miles)
Object Classification
Coastal
Relief
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Coldingham, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Ebb Carrs, Coldingham
Adjacent St Abb's Kirk, Coldingham
Adjacent St Abb's Nunnery, Coldingham
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Abb's Head
Head name
St Abb's Head
Place
St Abb's Head, Coldingham
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. Ebba's head 1649, Geog. Coll. III
Historic formSt. Ebba's head Head nameSt Abb's Head PlaceSt Abb's Head, Coldingham Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. III, 183 Date of citation1649 x 1649 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. III
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Editors
Arthur Mitchel and James Toshach Clark
Series
Scottish History Society
Year
1908
Historic formEbbeshead Head nameSt Abb's Head PlaceSt Abb's Head, Coldingham Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Mercia vulgo Berwickshire Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
St Abbe’s head 1792, OSA
Historic formSt Abbe’s head Head nameSt Abb's Head PlaceSt Abb's Head, Coldingham Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, vol. 3 p403 Date of citation1792 x 1792 Feature named in sourcepromontory |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
St Abb's Head 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Abb's Head Head nameSt Abb's Head PlaceSt Abb's Head, Coldingham Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 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
Aebbe, Ebba (ns) (certain)
Aebbe of Coldingham (certain)
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