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St Mary's Chapel, Raeshaw, Hownam
Grid reference
NT 786 131 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
378600 613100
Latitude
55.411335117009706
Longitude
-2.3380395531955385
Altitude (metres)
400
County
Roxburghshire
Nearby places
Cuthberthope, Hownam (0.99 miles)
Cuthberthope Rig, Hownam (0.99 miles)
Hownam Parish Church (3.83 miles)
Hownam, parish (3.83 miles)
Berrykirk, Oxnam (4.49 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
OPS notes and discusses in detail a chapel of St Mary built 1175 x 1199 by William de Hunum / de Laundeles at his lands of "Rasawe", probably Raeshaw Fell. I have given the NGR of the source of the Raeshaw Burn on Raeshaw Fell, somewhat arbitrarily, though the lands, given to Melrose, should be traceable in boundary clauses: Mel Lib, no. 131. It is possible that said chapel was never built, but the commemoration is nonetheless worth recording. Raeshaw Fell and district is littered with earthworks. None have been identified with this place. NB: OS 6" 1st edn gives Fell and burn as Rushy Burn, Rushy Fell.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella Sanctae Mariae
Head name
Capella Sanctae Mariae
Place
St Mary's Chapel, Raeshaw, Hownam
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Probable
The status of this name is
Obsolete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
capella Sancte Marie 1175, Melrose Liber
Historic formcapella Sancte Marie Head nameCapella Sanctae Mariae PlaceSt Mary's Chapel, Raeshaw, Hownam Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMelrose Liber, no. 131 Date of citation1175 x 1198 |
Source code
Melrose Liber
Source title
Liber Sancte Marie de Melros
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1837
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
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