Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St John's Acre, Linlithgow
Grid reference
NS 990 770 (general (5km))
Six-figure easting & northing
299000 677000
Latitude
55.97539390091774
Longitude
-3.6186341054230575
County
West Lothian
Nearby places
St Ninian's Mill, Linlithgow (0.65 miles)
Mount Michael, Linlithgow (0.71 miles)
Linlithgow, parish (0.75 miles)
St Michael's Church, Linlithgow (0.75 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Linlithgow (0.87 miles)
Object Classification
Field
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The location of this small field has not been identified, other than the fact that it must have been in Linlithgow area. It was granted among other lands by the precentor of Dunkeld Cathedral, Patrick Young, and his brother John, for the support of a chaplain at the altar of St John the Baptist in the parish kirk of Linlithgow, St Michael's, in 1491. It is described as 'one acre of land called St John's Acre'.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Linlithgow, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Acra Sancti Johannis
Head name
Acra Sancti Johannis
Place
St John's Acre, Linlithgow
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Acra Sancti Johannis 1491, RMS
Historic formAcra Sancti Johannis Head nameAcra Sancti Johannis PlaceSt John's Acre, Linlithgow Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 2051 Date of citation1491 x 1491 Feature named in sourceland 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
John (ns) (certain)
John the Baptist (probable)
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