Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Leonard's Nunnery, Berwick-on-Tweed
Grid reference
NT 984 540 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
398400 654000
Latitude
55.779340996084144
Longitude
-2.025511578295959
County
Berwickshire
Nearby places
Berwick St Mary's, former parish, BET (0.55 miles)
St Mary's Church, Berwick upon Tweed (0.55 miles)
Bondington, former parish, NTB England (0.67 miles)
Berwick St Laurence, former parish, Berwick (0.72 miles)
St Laurence's Church, Berwick (0.72 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
No record of this place on NMRS/Canmore. But it is shown on early OS maps (6 inch 1st edn) as the site of a Cistercian nunnery.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Berwick-on-Tweed, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Leonard's Nunnery
Head name
St Leonard's Nunnery
Place
St Leonard's Nunnery, Berwick-on-Tweed
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Leonard's Nunnery 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Leonard's Nunnery Head nameSt Leonard's Nunnery PlaceSt Leonard's Nunnery, Berwick-on-Tweed Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Feature named in source'site of' 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
Leonard (ns) (certain)
Leonard of Noblac (certain)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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