Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Mary Gate, Berwick on Tweed
Grid reference
NT 998 529 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
399800 652900
Latitude
55.769458911824856
Longitude
-2.0031881405222576
County
Berwickshire
Nearby places
Berwick-on-Tweed, parish (0.14 miles)
Magdalen Fields, Berwick-on-Tweed (0.31 miles)
Berwick St Laurence, former parish, Berwick (0.5 miles)
St Laurence's Church, Berwick (0.5 miles)
Berwick St Mary's, former parish, BET (0.57 miles)
Object Classification
Other
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
A street in Berwick.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Berwick-on-Tweed, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Mary Gate
Head name
Mary Gate
Place
Mary Gate, Berwick on Tweed
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
Mary Gate 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formMary Gate Head nameMary Gate PlaceMary Gate, Berwick on Tweed 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) (probable)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (probable)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
