Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Andrews Burn, Coldingham
Grid reference
NT 908 661 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
390800 666100
Latitude
55.887986312513746
Longitude
-2.1471011547653496
County
Berwickshire
Nearby places
St Michael's Knowe, Coldingham (0.2 miles)
Coldingham, parish (0.33 miles)
Church of Sts Mary & Cuthbert, Coldingham (0.33 miles)
St Abbs, settlement, Coldingham (1.01 miles)
Ebb Carrs, Coldingham (1.12 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the confluence of this burn with the Mill Burn. St Andrews Burn flows past the parish kirk of Coldingham (87 metres to the south).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Coldingham, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Andrew's Burn
Head name
St Andrew's Burn
Place
St Andrews Burn, 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 Andrews Burn 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Andrews Burn Head nameSt Andrew's Burn PlaceSt Andrews Burn, 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
Andrew (ns) (certain)
Andrew the apostle (certain)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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