Saints in Scottish Place-Names

St Mary & Holy Cross church, Seton, Tranent

Grid reference

NT 417 751 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

341700 675100

Latitude

55.96540808657214

Longitude

-2.9340489158220424

County

East Lothian

Nearby places

Seton, former parish, Tranent x Gladsmuir (0 miles)

St Germains, hospital/settlement, Tranent (0.61 miles)

Cockenzie, settlement Tranent (1.06 miles)

Tranent, parish (1.45 miles)

Prestonpans, modern parish (1.83 miles)

Object Classification

Antiquity

Ecclesiastical

Is linear feature?

No

Notes

See NMRS for description of the building, its foundation as a collegiate church and successive developments.

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

Relationships with other parishes

Within Tranent, parish

Within Tranent, parish

Names

2 head-names linked to this place ?

Seton Collegiate Church

This is not a hagiotoponym.

Collegiate Church of Seton 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.

St Mary & Holy Cross Church

Saints in this place-name

Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain) According to Cruden (PSAS 89, 424), from a papal document of 1492 (no reference given)

Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain) According to Cruden (PSAS 89, 424), from a papal document of 1492 (no reference given)

Cross (ns) (certain) According to Cruden (PSAS 89, 424), from a papal document of 1492 (no reference given)

Cross, Crux (certain) According to Cruden (PSAS 89, 424), from a papal document of 1492 (no reference given)