Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Michael's Church, Inveresk
Grid reference
NT 344 720 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
334400 672000
Latitude
55.93661511643667
Longitude
-3.050230165448982
Altitude (metres)
30
County
Midlothian
Nearby places
Inveresk, parish (0 miles)
St Michael's Well, Inveresk (0.06 miles)
Catherine Lodge, Inveresk (0.26 miles)
Our Lady of Loretto Well, Inveresk (0.64 miles)
Our Lady of Loretto, eccles. Inveresk (0.64 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Parish kirk of Inveresk. It gives its name to nearby St Michael's Mews and St Michael's Stables (OS Digimap).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Inveresk, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Michael's Church
Head name
St Michael's Church
Place
St Michael's Church, Inveresk
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
St Michael's 1795, OSA
Historic formSt Michael's Head nameSt Michael's Church PlaceSt Michael's Church, Inveresk Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, xvi, 23 Date of citation1795 x 1795 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
St Michael's Church 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Michael's Church Head nameSt Michael's Church PlaceSt Michael's Church, Inveresk Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Saints in this place-name
Michael (ns) (certain)
Michael, Archangel (certain)
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