Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Church, Hawick
Grid reference
NT 501 143 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
350100 614300
Latitude
55.42004578995032
Longitude
-2.788413084577285
County
Roxburghshire
Nearby places
Hawick, parish (0 miles)
Ladylaw, Hawick (0.42 miles)
Wilton, former parish, Hawick (0.56 miles)
Martin's Bridge (1.36 miles)
Martinshouse, Hawick (1.44 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Church sits on promontory at confluence of the Teviot and the Slitrig Water. Near a motte. Some fourteenth-century capitals were found at the site (now in the local museum).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary's Church
Head name
St Mary's Church
Place
St Mary's Church, Hawick
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
Place-name data
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Satellite map with labels:
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
