Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Morgan's Seat, Muiravonside
Grid reference
NS 964 753 (general (1km))
Six-figure easting & northing
296400 675300
Latitude
55.95957047629705
Longitude
-3.659628623893679
Nearby places
Morgunessete, settlement, Muiravonside (0 miles)
Muiravonside, modern parish (1.14 miles)
Torphichen, ~eccles Torphichen (1.76 miles)
Torphichen, parish (1.76 miles)
St John's Acre, Linlithgow (1.93 miles)
Object Classification
Other
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Sedes Sancti Morgani ('St Morgan's Seat') is attested as an object on the marches of an estate called Morgunessete, in that estate's boundary description in the late twelfth century (Fraser 'Melville', iii no. 8). It appears that the parish of Muiravonside gets its name from the estate of Morgunessete, which in turn got its name from the Scots name of the boundary-marker, which was Latinised in the charter as Sedes Sancti Morgani.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Muiravonside, modern parish
Relationships with other places
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Morgunessete
Head name
Morgunessete
Place
St Morgan's Seat, Muiravonside
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
saint, SE, 'saint'
St Morgan's Seat
Language
Brittonic
Saints in this place-name
Morgunn (ns) (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Morgunessete, Morgunessete, settlement, Muiravonside
Sedes Sancti Morgani
Head name
Sedes Sancti Morgani
Place
St Morgan's Seat, Muiravonside
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Sedem Sancti Morgani 1189, Fraser, Melville
Historic formSedem Sancti Morgani Head nameSedes Sancti Morgani PlaceSt Morgan's Seat, Muiravonside Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceFraser, Melville, iii, no. 8 Date of citation1189 x 1195 Feature named in sourcea boundary marker, but what kind of object is unknown. Probably a stone or relief feature. |
Source code
Fraser, Melville
Author
W. Fraser
Source title
The Melvilles Earls of Melville and the Leslies Earls of Leven
Year
1890
Saints in this place-name
Morgunn (ns) (certain)
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