Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Roslin, former parish, Lasswade
Grid reference
NT 273 630 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
327300 663000
Latitude
55.85473750329351
Longitude
-3.161455095188232
County
Midlothian
Nearby places
St Matthew's Church, Roslin, Lasswade (0 miles)
St Matthew's Collegiate Church, Roslin, Lasswade (0.06 miles)
St Matthew's Well, Roslin, Lasswade (0.06 miles)
Glencorse, parish (1.73 miles)
St Margaret's Well, Lasswade (2.14 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Notes
The NGR is given for St Matthew's Church, which served as the parish kirk of Roslin until the late fifteenth century, when Roslin Chapel/St Matthew's Collegiate Church took over that role.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Lasswade, parish
Relationships with other places
Contains St Matthew's Church, Roslin, Lasswade
Contains St Matthew's Collegiate Church, Roslin, Lasswade
Contains St Matthew's Well, Roslin, Lasswade
Parish details
Roslin now part of Lasswade LAS
Parish TLA
RIX
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Parish notes
A pendicle of Lasswade in 1443, the teinds of the church were involved in the tangled unions and revocations which centred around Lasswade in the 15th c.. See Lasswade for more details. See also Cowan 1967, 172-3.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Roslin
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Roslin
Place
Roslin, former parish, Lasswade
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No