Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Morebattle, parish
Grid reference
NT 772 250 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
377200 625000
Latitude
55.51820967787489
Longitude
-2.3611298101259712
Altitude (metres)
95
Nearby places
St Lawrence's Well, Morebattle (0 miles)
St Lawrence's Church, Morebattle (0 miles)
Lady Well, Linton (0.67 miles)
Linton, parish ROX (0.75 miles)
Whitton Chapel, eccl., Morebattle (1.95 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR is parish church, built in 1757 on site of 12th century church of St Lawrence.
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Mow, former parish, Morebattle
Relationships with other places
Contains Holywell Sike, Morebattle
Contains St Lawrence's Church, Morebattle
Contains St Lawrence's Well, Morebattle
Contains Whitton Chapel, eccl., Morebattle
Parish TLA
MBT
County
Roxburghshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Morebattle
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Morebattle
Place
Morebattle, 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
Merbotill 1541, Assumption
Historic formMerbotill This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameMorebattle PlaceMorebattle, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 214 Date of citation1541 x 1541 Feature named in sourceparish |
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
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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