Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Eccles, parish BWK
Grid reference
NT 763 413 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
376300 641300
Latitude
55.66464118140266
Longitude
-2.3767853200388496
Nearby places
St Cuthbert's Church, Eccles (0 miles)
St Mary's Convent, Eccles (0.09 miles)
Ednam, parish (3.1 miles)
Hirsel, former parish, Coldstream (3.62 miles)
St Cuthbert's Chapel, Hirsel, Coldstream (3.62 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for eighteenth-century parish kirk, probably on site of medieval one.
Relationships with other places
Contains St Cuthbert's Church, Eccles
Contains St Mary's Convent, Eccles
Parish TLA
ECC
County
Berwickshire
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Eccles
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Eccles
Place
Eccles, parish BWK
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
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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