Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Cuthbert's Church, Ednam
Grid reference
NT 736 371 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
373600 637100
County
Roxburghshire
Object Classification
Notes
Around 1105 AD, Thor Longus wrote that he had built a church here in honour of St Cuthbert (in honorem Sancti Cuthberti fabricavi) and granted it to God and to St Cuthbert (i.e. to the monks of St Cuthbert at Durham) (ESC no. 24; see also nos. 33 and 34).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Cuthbert's Church
Head name
St Cuthbert's Church
Place
St Cuthbert's Church, Ednam
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
Yes
Saints in this place-name
Cuthbert (ns) (certain)
Cuthbert of Melrose (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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