Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Johns, settlement Melrose
Grid reference
NT 541 342 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
354100 634200
Latitude
55.59925307011814
Longitude
-2.7285145456025313
County
Roxburghshire
Nearby places
St Dunstan's Well, Melrose (0.22 miles)
St Dunstan's, settlement Melrose (0.28 miles)
St Cuthberts, settlement Melrose (0.31 miles)
Melrose, parish (0.43 miles)
St Mary's Abbey, Melrose (0.44 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Melrose, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Johns
Head name
St Johns
Place
St Johns, settlement Melrose
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
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?
No
St Johns 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Johns Head nameSt Johns PlaceSt Johns, settlement Melrose 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
John (ns) (certain)
John the Apostle or Evangelist (maybe)
John the Baptist (maybe)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
