Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Cuthbert's Church, Colinton
Grid reference
NT 211 695 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
321100 669500
Latitude
55.91215738122656
Longitude
-3.262374343079899
County
Midlothian
Nearby places
Colinton, formerly Hailes, parish (0.32 miles)
St Mungo's Well, Currie (2.06 miles)
Currie, parish (2.1 miles)
St Kentigern's Church, Currie (2.1 miles)
St John's Church, Corstorphine (2.1 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR is for the place at Hailes where human bones were dug up in the eighteenth century during the construction of a pigeon house (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sancti Cuthberti
Head name
Ecclesia Sancti Cuthberti
Place
St Cuthbert's Church, Colinton
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Ecclesia Sancti Cuthberti 1225, Dunf. Reg.
Historic formEcclesia Sancti Cuthberti Head nameEcclesia Sancti Cuthberti PlaceSt Cuthbert's Church, Colinton Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDunf. Reg., no. 219 Date of citation1225 x 1230 |
Source code
Dunf. Reg.
Source title
Registrum de Dunfermelyn
Editors
C. Innes [though not named]
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1842
Saints in this place-name
Cuthbert (ns) (certain)
Cuthbert of Melrose (certain)
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