Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Pencaitland, parish
Grid reference
NT 443 690 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
344300 669000
Latitude
55.91090967552581
Longitude
-2.8911398435794164
Nearby places
St John's Chapel, Herdmanston, Saltoun (1.8 miles)
Gladsmuir, modern parish (1.88 miles)
St Michael's Church, Saltoun (2.06 miles)
Saltoun, parish (2.06 miles)
Ormiston, parish (2.19 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the medieval parish kirk, dating from 12th and 13th centuries, with chancel and nave. See NMRS for further description.
Parish details
Pencaitland
Parish TLA
PCL
County
East Lothian
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Parish notes
Granted to Kelso Abbey by Edward de Pencaitland c.1180, the church was confirmed to the uses of the abbey by Roger bp. of St Andrews 1188x1200 (Kelso Lib. nos. 13, 83, 369). The gift was ineffective, however, and a fresh grant was made by John de Maxwell of P. and Sir John de Maxwell of Maxwell was confirmed to the uses of Dryburgh in 1344 by W. bp. of St A. The parsonage thereafter remained annexed, while the vicarage appears to have been occasionally served by canons from the abbey (Dryburgh Liber app. nos. iii-vi; GRH Supp. Chrs. 23 Jan. 1343/4; Prot. Bk. Corbet no.60; Ass. 193). Cowan 1967, 162.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Pencaitland
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Pencaitland
Place
Pencaitland, parish
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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formPencatlan This is not a hagiotoponym. Head namePencaitland PlacePencaitland, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 299 Date of citation1189 x 1195 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Penciatland 1560, Assumption
Historic formPenciatland This is not a hagiotoponym. Head namePencaitland PlacePencaitland, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 190 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Associated person or bodyDryburgh Abbey Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
Assumption
Source title
The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation
Editors
J. Kirk
Series
Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21
Year
1995
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