Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Innerleithen, parish
Grid reference
NT 334 375 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
333400 637500
Latitude
55.626511469660436
Longitude
-3.0578052762844825
Nearby places
St Ronan's Mill, Innerleithen (0.26 miles)
St Ronan's Wells, Innerleithen (0.42 miles)
St Ronan's Lodge, Innerleithen (0.5 miles)
Kirkbride, settlement Traquair (2.69 miles)
Kirkbride, ~eccles. Traquair (2.69 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for site of parish church, built 1786, demolished 1871. An early medieval cross was found embedded n its foundations (NMRS).
Relationships with other places
Contains St Ronan's Lodge, Innerleithen
Contains St Ronan's Mill, Innerleithen
Parish TLA
ILN
County
Peebleshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Innerleithen
Head name
Innerleithen
Place
Innerleithen, 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
Inuerlethan 1153, RRS i
Historic formInuerlethan Head nameInnerleithen PlaceInnerleithen, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS i, no. 219 Date of citation1153 x 1165 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Associated person or bodyMalcolm IV, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS i
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum
Editors
G.W.S.Barrow
Secondary Title
The Acts of Malcolm IV 1153- 1165
Volume
i
Year
1960
Innerlethane 1560, Assumption
Historic formInnerlethane Head nameInnerleithen PlaceInnerleithen, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 232 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcekirk |
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