Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Bathgate, parish
Grid reference
NS 989 681 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
298900 668100
Latitude
55.8954307579248
Longitude
-3.616902168069896
Nearby places
St John's Well, Torphichen (2.81 miles)
Torphichen, ~eccles Torphichen (3.03 miles)
Torphichen, parish (3.03 miles)
Livingston, parish (3.08 miles)
Whitburn, modern parish (3.48 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for the ruined church beside Kirkton, in Bathgate.
Parish TLA
BGT
County
West Lothian
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Bathgate
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Bathgate
Place
Bathgate, 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 formBatket This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameBathgate PlaceBathgate, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS i, no. 199 Date of citation1159 x 1163 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Associated person or bodyMalcolm IV, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS i
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum
Editors
G.W.S.Barrow
Secondary Title
The Acts of Malcolm IV 1153- 1165
Volume
i
Year
1960
Place-name data
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