Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Catrin Burn, Falkirk
Grid reference
NS 860 760 (general (1km))
Six-figure easting & northing
286000 676000
Latitude
55.96350212568426
Longitude
-3.8264375583766093
County
Stirlingshire
Nearby places
Slamannan, parish, aka St Laurence (1.69 miles)
St Laurence's Church, Slamannan (1.69 miles)
St Lawrence Cottage, Slamannan (1.81 miles)
St Laurence's Well, Slamannan (1.81 miles)
High St Laurence Well, Slamannan (1.81 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This name is shown on Pont MS no. 32, and seems to represent the upper reaches of OS Westquarter Burn.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Falkirk, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Catrin Burn
Head name
Catrin Burn
Place
Catrin Burn, Falkirk
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Historic formCatrin B Head nameCatrin Burn PlaceCatrin Burn, Falkirk Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourcePont MS, no. 32: the East Central Lowlands Date of citation1583 x 1596 Notes on the context of this place-nameAlso printed in Stone 1989. Originals held by NLS; these have all been digitised and can be consulted in the NLS Map Library; also on the web. |
Source code
Pont MS
Author
Timothy Pont
Source title
Pont Manuscript
Year
1590x1610
Notes
Also printed in Stone 1989. Originals held by NLS; these have all been digitised and can be consulted in the NLS Map Library; also on the web.
Saints in this place-name
Catherine (ns) (doubtful)
Catherine of Alexandria (doubtful)
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