Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Binny, former parish, Ecclesmachan
Grid reference
NT 030 726 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
303000 672600
Latitude
55.936695673991075
Longitude
-3.552973413838699
County
West Lothian
Nearby places
St Giles's Church, Binny, Ecclesmachan (0 miles)
Uphall, parish (alias Strathbrock) (1.81 miles)
Ecclesmachan, parish (1.84 miles)
Ecclesmachan, ~eccles. Ecclesmachan (1.84 miles)
Ecclesmachan, settlement Ecclesmachan (1.84 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Relationships with other parishes
Within Ecclesmachan, parish
Within Linlithgow, parish (formerly)
OS 6inch 1st edn
Relationships with other places
Parish details
Binny, united to Linlithgow after the Reformation, separated from Linlithgow and united to Ecclesmachan in 1891 (Shennan 1892, 306).
Parish TLA
BXY
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Parish notes
Binny/Binning was in origin a chapel of Linlithgow, and as such belonged to St Andrews Priory. It had become a parish by 1548 (Cowan 1967, 18).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Binny
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Binny
Place
Binny, former parish, Ecclesmachan
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Binnin 1172, St A. Lib.
Historic formBinnin This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameBinny PlaceBinny, former parish, Ecclesmachan Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSt A. Lib., 180 Date of citation1172 x 1194 Feature named in sourceecclesia |
Source code
St A. Lib.
Source title
Liber Cartarum Prioratus Sancti Andree in Scotia
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1841