Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Stenton, modern parish, aka Pitcox
Grid reference
NT 641 752 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
364100 675200
Latitude
55.96850348738759
Longitude
-2.5752090776741103
Nearby places
St Cuthbert's Well, Stenton (0.84 miles)
Rood Well, Dunbar, Stenton (1.22 miles)
St John's Well, well, Spott (1.94 miles)
Spott, modern parish (1.99 miles)
Whittingehame, parish (2.88 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR is for the medieval chapel at Pitcox. It became a parish after the Reformation, its revenues forming a prebend in the collegiate Church of Dunbar. The parish centre moved to Stenton (NT621742) in 1561 (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dunbar, parish (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Contains Rood Well, Dunbar, Stenton
Contains St Cuthbert's Well, Stenton
Parish details
Stenton formerly Pitcox a dependent chapel of Dunbar
Parish TLA
STN
County
East Lothian
Medieval diocese
St Andrews