Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Loch, Yarrow
Grid reference
NT 249 228 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
324900 622800
Latitude
55.493201851973495
Longitude
-3.188784866887672
Altitude (metres)
250
County
Selkirkshire
Nearby places
St Mary's Church (of the Lowes), Yarrow (0.59 miles)
St Mary's Cottage, Yarrow (1.53 miles)
Rodono Chapel, Ettrick (2.75 miles)
Ettrick, parish (5.19 miles)
Ladyside, settlement, Kirkhope (5.25 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
Yes
Notes
One of two lochs that make up the lochs of St Mary of the Lowes (lowes < ONb luh = loch), the original name for Yarrow parish.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Yarrow, parish
Relationships with other places
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary's Loch
Head name
St Mary's Loch
Place
St Mary's Loch, Yarrow
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 Mary Lochs 1688
Historic formSt Mary Lochs Head nameSt Mary's Loch PlaceSt Mary's Loch, Yarrow Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1688 x 1688 |
St Mary Lochs 1688
Historic formSt Mary Lochs Head nameSt Mary's Loch PlaceSt Mary's Loch, Yarrow Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1688 x 1688 |
Author
Taylor, Simon
Source title
Iona Abbots in Scottish Place-Names
Editors
Dauvit Broun and Thomas Owen Clancy
Pages
35-70
Volume
Spes Scotorum, Hope of Scots:
Year
1999
St Mary Lochs 1688
Historic formSt Mary Lochs Head nameSt Mary's Loch PlaceSt Mary's Loch, Yarrow Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1688 x 1688 |
St. Maries Loch 1722, Geog. Coll. I
Historic formSt. Maries Loch Head nameSt Mary's Loch PlaceSt Mary's Loch, Yarrow Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. I, 360 Date of citation1722 x 1722 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. I
Author
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
1 of 3
Year
1906
St Mary’s Loch 1793, OSA
Historic formSt Mary’s Loch Head nameSt Mary's Loch PlaceSt Mary's Loch, Yarrow Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, vii, 501 Date of citation1793 x 1793 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
St Mary's Loch 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Mary's Loch Head nameSt Mary's Loch PlaceSt Mary's Loch, Yarrow 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
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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