Middlebie, parish

Grid reference

NY 214 761 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

321400 576100

Latitude

55.073065772162565

Longitude

-3.231118705358669

Nearby places

Lady Wells, ~wells, Middlebie (0.57 miles)

Ladywells, settlement, Middlebie (0.94 miles)

Pennersaughs, former parish, Middlebie (1.2 miles)

Kirkconnel Hall, settlement, Hoddom (1.53 miles)

Ecclefechan, ~eccles. Hoddom (1.69 miles)

Object Classification

Parish (extant in 1975)

Is linear feature?

No

Notes

NGR for Middlebie parish kirk, built 1609, but much rebuilt since. No remains of the medieval kirk survive, but the remains of three medieval brooches were found in the ruins of the kirk in 1849 (NMRS).

http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/

Relationships with other parishes

Contains Carruthers, former parish, Middlebie

Contains Pennersaughs, former parish, Middlebie

Relationships with other places

Contains Lady Wells, ~wells, Middlebie

Contains Ladywells, settlement, Middlebie

Contains Patrickholm, settlement, Middlebie

Parish TLA

MLB

County

Dumfriesshire

Medieval diocese

Glasgow

Parish notes

In 1609 Parliament directed that the parishes of Carruthers and Tundersacks (Pennersaughs), should be united to Middlebie, with Word and Sacrament to be celebrated at Middlebie ([RPS 1609/4/35).