Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Cuthbert's Chapel, Hirsel, Coldstream
Grid reference
NT 820 400 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
382000 640000
Latitude
55.653203898719774
Longitude
-2.286082327050645
County
Berwickshire
Nearby places
Hirsel, former parish, Coldstream (0 miles)
St Mary's Abbey, Coldstream (1.39 miles)
Coldstream, parish aka Lennel (2.39 miles)
Eccles, parish BWK (3.62 miles)
St Cuthbert's Church, Eccles (3.62 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR given is for the area around Hirsel, identified as the site of the chapel (St A. Cop. p, 440-41 notes). The editor associates this chapel with the 'eccclesia' of Hirsel (Hirsill)(actually a chapel) given by Derder, wife of Gospatrick earl of Dunbar, to the Cistercian nunnery at Dunbar along with a carucate of the land of Hirsel.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Coldstream, parish aka Lennel
Within Hirsel, former parish, Coldstream (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella Sancti Cuthberti
Head name
Capella Sancti Cuthberti
Place
St Cuthbert's Chapel, Hirsel, Coldstream
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Capella Sancti Cuthberti 1431, St A. Cop.
Historic formCapella Sancti Cuthberti Head nameCapella Sancti Cuthberti PlaceSt Cuthbert's Chapel, Hirsel, Coldstream Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSt A. Cop., no. 53 Date of citation1431 x 1431 Feature named in sourcechapel |
Source code
St A. Cop.
Author
J.H. Baxter
Source title
Copiale Prioratus Sanctiandree
Year
1930
Saints in this place-name
Cuthbert (ns) (certain)
Cuthbert of Melrose (certain)
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