Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Bey's Church, Dunbar
Grid reference
NT 681 785 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
368100 678500
Latitude
55.99843774308229
Longitude
-2.511513237755931
Altitude (metres)
20
County
East Lothian
Nearby places
Dunbar, parish (0 miles)
Bay's Well, Dunbar (0.45 miles)
Boys' Buss, Dunbar (0.67 miles)
Oswald Dean, Duns (1.34 miles)
St John's Well, well, Spott (1.88 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR is for Dunbar parish kirk, referred to in medieval sources as St Beya's Collegiate Church. Excavcations nearer to the centre of Dunbar have revealed a long-cist cemetery NT678791) near the castle. NMRS records: 'Limited excavation was undertaken on this site in advance of development. A long cist and inhumation cemetery was uncovered, comprising 25 long cist burials, and 19 inhumations. Long cist cemeteries usually date between the 4th to 9th centuries AD.'
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dunbar, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sanctae Bayae
Head name
Ecclesia Sanctae Bayae
Place
St Bey's Church, Dunbar
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?
No
Ecclesiam Collegiatam Sancte Bae 1502, RMS
Historic formEcclesiam Collegiatam Sancte Bae Head nameEcclesia Sanctae Bayae PlaceSt Bey's Church, Dunbar Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 2618 Date of citation1502 x 1502 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Saints in this place-name
Begu, Bega, Baya (ns) (certain)
Bega of St Bees (probable)
Begu, nun in Bede HE (maybe)
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