Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Cottage, Yarrow
Grid reference
NT 240 205 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
324000 620500
Latitude
55.47239833302481
Longitude
-3.2023983224100414
Altitude (metres)
250
County
Selkirkshire
Nearby places
Rodono Chapel, Ettrick (1.22 miles)
St Mary's Loch, Yarrow (1.53 miles)
St Mary's Church (of the Lowes), Yarrow (2.11 miles)
Ettrick, parish (3.91 miles)
Ladyside, settlement, Kirkhope (5.71 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This is now known as Tibbie Shiel's Inn, from Isabella Shiel "who moved here with her husband Robert Richardson, a mole-catcher, in 1823... After the death of her husband int he following year Tibbie was determined to support herself and six bairns by taking in gentlemen lodgers." (www.tibbieshiels.com) Note the name-change had not occured by time of the OS 6" 1st edn. The site of the cottage is interesting, marking as it does a crucial part of the Yarrow-Ettrick border.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Yarrow, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary's Cottage
Head name
St Mary's Cottage
Place
St Mary's Cottage, Yarrow
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Mary's Cottage 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Mary's Cottage Head nameSt Mary's Cottage PlaceSt Mary's Cottage, 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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