Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Earlston, parish
Grid reference
NT 580 387 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
358000 638700
Latitude
55.64004077194853
Longitude
-2.667306041657694
Nearby places
St John's Chapel (on Leader), Melrose (2.34 miles)
Ladywell, settlement Legerwood (2.81 miles)
Lady Well, well, Legerwood (2.81 miles)
St Cuthbert's Chapel, Melrose (2.96 miles)
Legerwood, parish (3.04 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the eighteenth-century parish kirk.
Parish TLA
EAR
County
Berwickshire
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Earlston
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Earlston
Place
Earlston, 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
Ersiltoun 1560, Assumption
Historic formErsiltoun This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameEarlston PlaceEarlston, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 200 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcekirk of |
Associated person or bodyColdingham Priory Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
Assumption
Source title
The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation
Editors
J. Kirk
Series
Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21
Year
1995
Place-name data
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