Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Ormiston, parish
Grid reference
NT 411 675 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
341100 667500
Latitude
55.89705165692384
Longitude
-2.942002103910818
Nearby places
St Giles' Church, Ormiston (0 miles)
Cranston, parish (1.94 miles)
Pencaitland, parish (2.19 miles)
Bartholomew's Firlot, Cranston (2.3 miles)
Keith Marischall, parish, Humbie (2.95 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the ruins of the old parish kirk, St Giles, which was granted to the church and hospital of Soutra in 1211 x 1226 (Soutra Charters no. 18).
Relationships with other places
Contains St Giles' Church, Ormiston
Contains St Giles' Church, Ormiston
Parish TLA
ORM
County
East Lothian
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ormiston
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Ormiston
Place
Ormiston, 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
Ormestoun 1560, Assumption
Historic formOrmestoun This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameOrmiston PlaceOrmiston, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 175 Date of citation1560 x 1570 |
Associated person or bodyTrinity Collegiate Kirk, Edinburgh Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
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
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