Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Whitekirk and Tyninghame, modern parish
Grid reference
NT 596 815 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
359600 681500
Latitude
56.024752632802695
Longitude
-2.648252352166732
Nearby places
Whitekirk, former parish WTH (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 (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the kirk at Whitekirk.
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Auldhame, former parish, WTH
Contains Tyninghame, former parish, WTH
Contains Whitekirk, former parish WTH
Relationships with other places
Contains Bathan's Strand, Whitekirk & Tyninghame
Contains Our Lady's Well, Whitekirk & Tyninghame
Contains St Baldred's Boat, Whitekirk & Tyningham
Contains St Baldred's Cave, Whitekirk & Tyninghame
Contains St Baldred's Cave, Whitekirk & Tyninghame
Contains St Baldred's Church, Whitekirk & Tyninghame
Contains St Baldred's Cradle, Whitekirk & Tyninghame
Contains St Baldred's House, Whitekirk & Tyninghame
Parish details
Whitekirk and Tyninghame
Parish TLA
WTH
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Whitekirk and Tyninghame
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Whitekirk and Tyninghame
Place
Whitekirk and Tyninghame, modern parish
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
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
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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Satellite map with labels:
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
