Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Bolton, parish
Grid reference
NT 507 700 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
350700 670000
Latitude
55.92059288961757
Longitude
-2.788940822847414
Nearby places
St John's Chapel, Herdmanston, Saltoun (2.23 miles)
St Laurence House, Haddington (2.32 miles)
St Laurence's Hospital, Haddington (2.32 miles)
Haddington, parish (2.34 miles)
St Mary's Church, Haddington (2.34 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR given for the church built in 1809, probably on the site of the earlier kirk.
Parish details
Bolton
Parish TLA
BOL
County
East Lothian
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Parish notes
Probably William de Vipont or his wife Lady Emma of St Hilary granted this church to Holyrood, to which it was confirmed by Richard bp. of St A. 1163-78), Pope Alexander III (1159-81) and William de Vipont, son of the original donor (c.1200) Holyrood Lib. nos. 32-3, App. i no.2; Ass. 104). A vicarage settlement took place in 1251 and vicarage thereafter retained its identity (Holyrood Lib. no.75; Ass. 179v). Cowan 1967, 19. Not mentioned in Shennan 1892.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Bolton
Head name
Bolton
Place
Bolton, 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
Historic formBoweltun Head nameBolton PlaceBolton, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 238 Date of citation1173 x 1195 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Associated person or bodyWilliam I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Boultun 1250, St A. Lib.
Historic formBoultun Head nameBolton PlaceBolton, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSt A. Lib., 30 Date of citation1250 x 1259 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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