Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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North Berwick, parish
Grid reference
NT 553 855 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
355300 685500
Latitude
56.06031075790439
Longitude
-2.7179107411912864
Nearby places
St Andrew's Church, North Berwick (0.06 miles)
St Andrew's Church, (later) North Berwick (0.19 miles)
St Andrew's Well, North Berwick (0.2 miles)
Kilmurdie, Dirleton (1.51 miles)
St Baldred's Well, Whitekirk & Tyninghame (2.45 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the remains of St Andrew's Church. At this site, NMRS records a collection of early gravestones, including one small slab thought to be of ninth- or tenth-century date.
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Bass, former parish, North Berwick
Relationships with other places
Contains St Andrew's Church, (later) North Berwick
Contains St Andrew's Church, North Berwick
Contains St Andrew's Well, North Berwick
Contains Sydserf, settlement North Berwick
Parish details
North Berwick
Parish TLA
NBW
County
East Lothian
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Parish notes
Probably appropriated to the nunnery of North Berwick c. 1150 by Duncan earl of Fife, the church was confirmed to the priory before 1199 (SHS Misc. iv, 308). See Cowan 1967, 157 for more refs. and details.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?North Berwick
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
North Berwick
Place
North Berwick, 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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Northberewic' 1212, RRS ii
Historic formNorthberewic' This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameNorth Berwick PlaceNorth Berwick, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 516 Date of citation1212 x 1214 Feature named in sourceecclesia |
Associated person or bodyWilliam I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain Associated person or bodyEarl of Fife Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Norberwic' 1250, Dunf. Reg.
Historic formNorberwic' This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameNorth Berwick PlaceNorth Berwick, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDunf. Reg., 313, p. 204 Date of citation1250 x 1260 Feature named in sourceecclesia |
Source code
Dunf. Reg.
Source title
Registrum de Dunfermelyn
Editors
C. Innes [though not named]
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1842
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