Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Eyemouth, modern parish
Grid reference
NT 944 640 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
394400 664000
Latitude
55.8691711949861
Longitude
-2.0894965183617744
County
Berwickshire
Nearby places
St Abb's Well, Ayton (1.83 miles)
St Dionysius's Church, Ayton (2.19 miles)
Ayton, parish (2.19 miles)
Ebb Carrs, Coldingham (2.32 miles)
St Abbs, settlement, Coldingham (2.48 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for nineteenth-century parish kirk.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Coldingham, parish (formerly)
until 1618
Contains Eyemouth, modern parish
Within Eyemouth, modern parish
Parish details
Eyemouth, created as a parish out of Coldingham in 1618 (RPS 1633/6/170)
Parish TLA
EYM
County
Berwickshire
Parish notes
'Act in favour of the kirk of Eymouth: Oure soverane lord ... hes ratifiet and approvine and, be the tennor heirof, ratifies and approves the letter and gift of dissolutione and erectione grantit be oure soverane lords umquhile darrest father of eternall memorie, wnder his hienes great seale, of the dait the tuentie sevint day of Januar, jM vjC and auchteine yeirs, whairby his majestie, ... dissolved and dismemberit fra the paroche kirk and parochine of Coldinghame and fundatione thairof all and haill the towne of Eymouth, with all lands, aikers, tenements and cottages thairof, ... and than creat and erectit the kirk biggit in the said towne of Eymouth in ane frie paroche kirk to be callit in all tyme heirefter the paroche kirk of Eymouth' (RPS 1633/6/170). There was a detached part of Coldingham parish in Eyemouth EYM, which was transferred to EYM in 1891 viz. Highlaws (house etc. and part of farm) and Biglawburn. Shennan 1892, 320.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Eyemouth
Head name
Eyemouth
Place
Eyemouth, modern 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 formEymouth Head nameEyemouth PlaceEyemouth, modern parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRPS, 1633/6/170 Date of citation1633 x 1633 Feature named in sourceparish |
Source code
RPS
Source title
Records of Parliament of Scotland
Eyemouth 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formEyemouth Head nameEyemouth PlaceEyemouth, modern parish SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.