Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Baldred's Chapel, North Berwick (Bass)
Grid reference
NT 601 873 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
360100 687300
Latitude
56.07690819048058
Longitude
-2.641093791389001
Nearby places
Bass, former parish, North Berwick (0 miles)
St Baldred's House, Whitekirk & Tyninghame (1.61 miles)
St Baldred's Boat, Whitekirk & Tyningham (1.64 miles)
Auldhame, former parish, WTH (1.68 miles)
St Baldred's Cave, Whitekirk & Tyninghame (1.81 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
A chapel on the island of Bass Rock, situated on a grassy terrace, one of three terraces. The building has been described as dating to the sixteenth century, though a papal bull of 1492 refers to the newly erected parish church of the Bass (NMRS).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Baldred's Chapel
Head name
St Baldred's Chapel
Place
St Baldred's Chapel, North Berwick (Bass)
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
Baldred (ns) (certain)
Baldred (certain)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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