Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Leonard's, ~eccles. & ~hospital, Lauder
Grid reference
NT 553 457 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
355300 645700
Latitude
55.70269879349145
Longitude
-2.7113409391984393
Altitude (metres)
160
County
Berwickshire
Nearby places
St Leonards Mill, Lauder (0.14 miles)
St Leonards, settlement Lauder (0.14 miles)
St Leonards Hill, Lauder (0.32 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Park, Roxburghshire (1.23 miles)
Lauder, parish (1.81 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Other
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records(Canmore ID 55795) the location of the chapel, its churchyard still in existence. It may be that part of the farmhouse of St Leonards incorporates walls from the hospital built for the poor. See NMRS for further discussion of archaeology and history.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Lauder, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Leonards Hill, Lauder
Adjacent St Leonards Mill, Lauder
The same as St Leonards, settlement Lauder
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Leonard's
Head name
St Leonard's
Place
St Leonard's, ~eccles. & ~hospital, Lauder
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Possible
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
Yes
Saints in this place-name
Leonard (ns) (certain)
Leonard of Noblac (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of St Leonards, St Leonards, settlement Lauder
Is source of St Leonards Hill, St Leonards Hill, Lauder
Is source of St Leonards Mill, St Leonards Mill, Lauder
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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