Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Overkirk of Ewes, former parish, Ewes
Grid reference
NY 387 947 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
338700 594700
Latitude
55.24263769512163
Longitude
-2.9642195843013828
County
Dumfriesshire
Nearby places
Martin Hope, Ewes (0 miles)
St Martin's Sike, Ewes (1.51 miles)
St Martin's Height, Westerkirk/Ewes (2.31 miles)
Ewes, aka Netherkirk of Ewes, parish (2.67 miles)
St Cuthbert's Church, Ewes (2.67 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Ewesdale is treated as a single unit divisible into to parishes in 1535, with two churches, Over and Lower: terras et dominium de Ewisdale, cum tenentibus &c., advocationibus ecclesiarum superioris et inferioris earundem' (RMS iii no. 1480).
Relationships with other parishes
Parish details
Overkirk of Ewes now part of Ewes EWS.
Parish TLA
EWX
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Ewes Doors
Head name
Ewes Doors
Place
Overkirk of Ewes, former parish, Ewes
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this the original referent of the place?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Eweddors 1296, Bagimond's Roll
Historic formEweddors Head nameEwes Doors PlaceOverkirk of Ewes, former parish, Ewes Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBagimond's Roll, SCH Misc. v, 93 Date of citation1296 x 1296 Notes on the context of this place-nameThe text composed in 1287 accounts for tax raised in Scotland 1275 and 1276. |
Source code
Bagimond's Roll
Author
A.I.Dunlop
Source title
Bagimond's Roll
Secondary Title
Scottish History Society Miscellany
Pages
25-77
Volume
vi
Year
1939
Notes
The text composed in 1287 accounts for tax raised in Scotland 1275 and 1276.
Overkirk of Ewes
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Overkirk of Ewes
Place
Overkirk of Ewes, former parish, Ewes
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
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