Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Church, St Boswells
Grid reference
NT 590 310 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
359000 631000
Latitude
55.57093586933403
Longitude
-2.6502732695279376
County
Roxburghshire
Nearby places
St Boswells, village (0.25 miles)
St Boswells Green, St Boswells (0.32 miles)
St Mary's Abbey, Dryburgh, Mertoun (0.38 miles)
St Boswells, settlement, St Boswells (0.97 miles)
St Boswellsbank, settlement (0.98 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sanctae Mariae
Head name
Ecclesia Sanctae Mariae
Place
St Mary's Church, St Boswells
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
ecclesie Sancte Marie 1153, Dryb. Lib.
Historic formecclesie Sancte Marie Head nameEcclesia Sanctae Mariae PlaceSt Mary's Church, St Boswells Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDryb. Lib., no. 59 Date of citation1153 x 1164 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Source code
Dryb. Lib.
Source title
Liber S. Marie de Dryburgh
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1847
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
Place-name data
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