Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St John's Croft, settlement, Sorbie
Grid reference
NX 460 450 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
246000 545000
Latitude
54.776150028129535
Longitude
-4.394587769864721
Nearby places
Kilfillan Hill, Sorbie (1.04 miles)
St Fillan's Church, Kilfillan SFX, Sorbie (1.14 miles)
Sorbie St Fillan, Sorbie WIG (1.14 miles)
Kilfillan Burn, Sorbie (1.32 miles)
Sorbie, parish (1.72 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR given is for the area around OS Powton, as the croft appears to be part of the lands of Powton in 1473: 'terras de Poltoune, viz. 16 mercatas, et croftam S. Johannis dimediam mercatam'. However, this is by no means certain; the following objects mentioned in the prior's grant are the garden and 20 merks of land of Cruggleton (which is in Sorbie parish), and a little later 4 1/2 merks of the lands of Kirkmaiden, which is in Glasserton parish on the west side of the peninsula.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Sorbie St Fillan, Sorbie WIG
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Crofta Sancti Johannis
Head name
Crofta Sancti Johannis
Place
St John's Croft, settlement, Sorbie
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Croftam Sancti Johannis 1473, RMS
Historic formCroftam Sancti Johannis Head nameCrofta Sancti Johannis PlaceSt John's Croft, settlement, Sorbie Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 1134 Date of citation1473 x 1473 Feature named in sourcecroft Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Associated person or bodyWhithorn Priory Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
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
John (ns) (certain)
John the Apostle or Evangelist (maybe)
John the Baptist (maybe)
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