Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Dionysius's Church, Ayton
Grid reference
NT 927 609 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
392700 660900
Latitude
55.84129201788223
Longitude
-2.11658161902654
Altitude (metres)
40
County
Berwickshire
Nearby places
Ayton, parish (0 miles)
St Abb's Well, Ayton (0.4 miles)
St Johns, settlement Foulden (2.17 miles)
Eyemouth, modern parish (2.19 miles)
Foulden, parish (3.23 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records 'The roofless remains of the original Ayton Parish Church, which was dedicated to St Dionysius, stand within a burial ground E of the modern church'. The remains are of a twelfth-century church, much altered and rebuilt.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Ayton, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Dionysius's Church
Head name
St Dionysius's Church
Place
St Dionysius's Church, Ayton
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
Saints in this place-name
Dennis, Denis, Dionisius (ns) (certain)
Denis, bishop of Paris (probable)
Place-name data
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