Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Baro, former parish, Garvald & Baro
Grid reference
NT 557 705 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
355700 670500
Latitude
55.925571894640356
Longitude
-2.709015827351746
Nearby places
St Mungo's Kirk, Baro, Garvald & Baro (0 miles)
Morham, parish (1.24 miles)
St Nicholas Chapel, Duncanlaw, Yester (1.88 miles)
Garvald & Bara, parish (2.06 miles)
Garvald, former parish, Garvald & Baro (2.06 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for St Mungo's Kirk, located in an enclosed field with some remains of tombs and bone-fragments lying about on the ground (visited by GM in 2003).
Parish details
Baro part of Garvald GVX & Baro GBA
Parish TLA
BRX
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Baro
Head name
Baro
Place
Baro, former parish, Garvald & Baro
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Barue 1178, St A. Lib.
Historic formBarue Head nameBaro PlaceBaro, former parish, Garvald & Baro Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSt A. Lib., 333 Date of citation1178 x 1180 |
Source code
St A. Lib.
Source title
Liber Cartarum Prioratus Sancti Andree in Scotia
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1841
Barue 1178, St A. Lib.
Historic formBarue Head nameBaro PlaceBaro, former parish, Garvald & Baro Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSt A. Lib., 333 Date of citation1178 x 1180 Feature named in sourceecclesia de |
Source code
St A. Lib.
Source title
Liber Cartarum Prioratus Sancti Andree in Scotia
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1841
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