Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Garvald & Bara, parish
Grid reference
NT 590 709 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
359000 670900
Latitude
55.929458623505504
Longitude
-2.656264540069228
Nearby places
Garvald, former parish, Garvald & Baro (0 miles)
St Oswald's Church, Whittingehame (1.92 miles)
Baro, former parish, Garvald & Baro (2.06 miles)
St Mungo's Kirk, Baro, Garvald & Baro (2.06 miles)
Whittingehame, parish (2.26 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for the parish kirk of the united parishes of Garvald and Baro, formerly the kirk of Garvald. There are some fragments of the twelfth-century church incorporated into the thoroughly remodelled modern building (NMRS).
Relationships with other places
Contains Lowrans Law, Garvald and Baro
Parish details
Garvald GVX & Bara BRX
Parish TLA
GBA
County
East Lothian
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Garvald & Bara
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Garvald & Bara
Place
Garvald & Bara, 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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
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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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