Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Liberton, parish
Grid reference
NT 275 694 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
327500 669400
Latitude
55.91226573303651
Longitude
-3.1599742360958873
Nearby places
Our Lady's Well, Liberton (0.12 miles)
St Catherine's Chapel, Liberton (0.65 miles)
St Catherine's Well, Liberton (0.69 miles)
St Giles's Grange, Edinburgh (1.69 miles)
St Roque's Chapel, Edinburgh (1.84 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Relationships with other places
Contains Our Lady's Well, Liberton
Contains St Catherine's Chapel, Liberton
Contains St Catherine's Well, Liberton
Contains St Catherine's Well, Liberton
Parish details
In twelfth cent. it was a chapel of St Cuthbert's in Edinburgh (David I Chrs. no. 147).
Parish TLA
LBN
County
Midlothian
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Parish notes
It was still a chapel of St Cuthberts in Edinburgh in the thirteenth century, both church and chapel appropriated to Holyrood Abbey, but it had become a parish by the Reformation.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Liberton
Head name
Liberton
Place
Liberton, 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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Libertune 1141, David I Chrs.
Historic formLibertune Head nameLiberton PlaceLiberton, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDavid I Chrs., no. 147 Date of citation1141 x 1147 |
Source code
David I Chrs.
Source title
The Charters of David I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Secondary Title
The Written Acts of David I King of Scots, 1124-53, and of his son Henry, Earl of Northumberland, 1139-52
Year
1999
Historic formLibirtona Head nameLiberton PlaceLiberton, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i no. 182 Date of citation1364 x 1364 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
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