Dunbar, parish

Grid reference

NT 681 785 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

368100 678500

Latitude

55.99843774308229

Longitude

-2.511513237755931

Nearby places

St Bey's Church, Dunbar (0 miles)

Bay's Well, Dunbar (0.45 miles)

Boys' Buss, Dunbar (0.67 miles)

Oswald Dean, Duns (1.34 miles)

St John's Well, well, Spott (1.88 miles)

Object Classification

Parish (extant in 1975)

Is linear feature?

No

Notes

NGR is for Dunbar parish kirk. It became a collegiate church in 1342, but there was a church here already at that time. During repairs in the nineteenth century stones were found which J. Millar describes as remnants 'of the old Saxon church of the eleventh century' (cites NMRS).

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Relationships with other parishes

Contains Spott, modern parish (formerly)

Contains Stenton, modern parish, aka Pitcox (formerly)

Relationships with other places

Contains Bay's Well, Dunbar

Contains Boys' Buss, Dunbar

Contains Oswald Dean, Duns

Contains Rood Well, Dunbar, Stenton

Contains St Bey's Church, Dunbar

Contains St Cuthbert's Well, Stenton

Contains St John's Well, well, Spott

Parish details

Dunbar

Parish TLA

DBR

County

East Lothian

Medieval diocese

St Andrews