Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Dalton Parva, former parish, Dalton
Grid reference
NY 089 746 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
308900 574600
Latitude
55.05745309890306
Longitude
-3.4263648363906802
County
Dumfriesshire
Nearby places
Dalton, aka Meikle Dalton, parish (1.61 miles)
St Bridget's Chapel, Dalton (1.74 miles)
Mouswald, parish (1.94 miles)
St Peter's Well, Mouswald (2.08 miles)
St Mungo Ford, St Mungo's / Dalton (2.36 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR is of OS Pathf. name 'Little Dalton Church' (Antiquity).
Relationships with other parishes
Parish details
Dalton Parva now in Dalton (Magna) DTN
Parish TLA
DTX
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Parish notes
A parsonage in Bagimond (p.97), the church remained unappropriated within the patronage of Carruthers of Holmains in the 16th c. (RMS iii no. 2633; GRH Supp. Chrs. 5 March 1574). Cowan 1967, 45. 1609 APS iv, p. 441 Act for uniting certain kirks in Annandale. (Scots) On account of their poverty the said kirks adjacent to each other are to be united: 'that is to say the kirkis of mekill daltoun/litill daltoun and mowswald The saidis thrie kirkis to be vnite in one place The place of resorting for heiring of the word etc. to be at litill daltoun;...' Not mentioned in Shennan 1892.
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Dalton Parva
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Dalton Parva
Place
Dalton Parva, former parish, Dalton
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Parua Daltona 1274, SHS Misc.
Historic formParua Daltona This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameDalton Parva PlaceDalton Parva, former parish, Dalton Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSHS Misc., v, 97 Date of citation1274 x 1274 |
Source code
SHS Misc.
Source title
The Miscellany of the Scottish History Society
Year
1893 -
Little Dalton
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Little Dalton
Place
Dalton Parva, former parish, Dalton
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Litill Dalton 1542, RMS
Historic formLitill Dalton This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameLittle Dalton PlaceDalton Parva, former parish, Dalton Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 2633 Date of citation1542 x 1542 Feature named in sourceecclesia de Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
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