Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Whitekirk, former parish WTH
Grid reference
NT 596 815 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
359600 681500
Latitude
56.024752632802695
Longitude
-2.648252352166732
Nearby places
Whitekirk and Tyninghame, modern parish (0 miles)
St Mary's Church, Whitekirk (& Tyningham) (0.14 miles)
Our Lady's Well, Whitekirk & Tyninghame (0.14 miles)
Tyninghame, former parish, WTH (1.81 miles)
St Baldred's Well, Whitekirk & Tyninghame (1.83 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the medieval St Mary's Church at Whitekirk.
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Parish details
Whitekirk part of Whitekirk and Tyninghame TYX WTH
Parish TLA
WKX
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Parish notes
Originally known as Hamer, the lands were granted by David I to Holyrood 1128x36, while c.1130 the church of the same was confirmed to the abbey by Robert bp. of St A. (Holyrood Lib. nos. 1-2). No vicarage existed in 1251, while in 1356 the church was served by two canons (ibid. no.75; Chron. Bower xiv, c.13, 14). For more details and refs. see Cowan 1967, 209.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Whitekirk
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Whitekirk
Place
Whitekirk, former parish WTH
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Quhytkirk 1574, Assumption
Historic formQuhytkirk This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameWhitekirk PlaceWhitekirk, former parish WTH Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 169 Date of citation1574 x 1574 Feature named in sourcevicarage |
Source code
Assumption
Source title
The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation
Editors
J. Kirk
Series
Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21
Year
1995