Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Wauchope, former parish, Langholm
Grid reference
NY 355 840 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
335500 584000
Latitude
55.14608456333381
Longitude
-3.012104500127369
County
Dumfriesshire
Nearby places
Langholm, modern parish (0.45 miles)
Crossmungo Moss, Langholm (0.78 miles)
Staplegorton, former parish, Langholm (2.43 miles)
St Bride's Chapel, Langholm (2.88 miles)
Mungo's Faulds, Canonbie (3.46 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR given for Wauchope Old Parish Kirk.
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Half Morton, modern parish (formerly)
Within Langholm, modern parish
Relationships with other places
Contains Crossmungo Moss, Langholm
Parish details
Wauchope (united with Staplegorton and part of Morton to create Langholm Ph in 1702 (NMRS)
Parish TLA
WHX
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Parish notes
Both parsonage and vicarage revenues were annexed to Jedburgh Abbey by 1220 (Cowan 1967, 207).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Wauchope
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Wauchope
Place
Wauchope, former parish, Langholm
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Wachopdaill 1560, Assumption
Historic formWachopdaill This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameWauchope PlaceWauchope, former parish, Langholm Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 221 Date of citation1560 x 1570 approx |
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
Wauchope 1560, Assumption
Historic formWauchope This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameWauchope PlaceWauchope, former parish, Langholm Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 216 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Associated person or bodyJedburgh Abbey Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
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
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