Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Abbey, Melrose
Grid reference
NT 548 341 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
354800 634100
Latitude
55.59841999602636
Longitude
-2.7173888893398646
Altitude (metres)
95
County
Roxburghshire
Nearby places
Melrose, parish (0.06 miles)
St William's Well, Melrose (0.12 miles)
St Cuthberts, settlement Melrose (0.14 miles)
St Dunstan's, settlement Melrose (0.2 miles)
St Dunstan's Well, Melrose (0.33 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sanctae Mariae
Head name
Ecclesia Sanctae Mariae
Place
St Mary's Abbey, Melrose
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Ecclesie Sancte Marie 1136, RRS i
Historic formEcclesie Sancte Marie Head nameEcclesia Sanctae Mariae PlaceSt Mary's Abbey, Melrose Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS i, no. 41 Date of citation1136 x 1147 Feature named in sourceabbey church |
Source code
RRS i
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum
Editors
G.W.S.Barrow
Secondary Title
The Acts of Malcolm IV 1153- 1165
Volume
i
Year
1960
ecclesie Sancte Marie 1153, Melrose Liber
Historic formecclesie Sancte Marie Head nameEcclesia Sanctae Mariae PlaceSt Mary's Abbey, Melrose Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMelrose Liber, no. 6 Date of citation1153 x 1159 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Source code
Melrose Liber
Source title
Liber Sancte Marie de Melros
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1837
ecclesie sancte marie 1218, Melrose Liber
Historic formecclesie sancte marie Head nameEcclesia Sanctae Mariae PlaceSt Mary's Abbey, Melrose Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMelrose Liber, no. 45 Date of citation1218 x 1218 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Source code
Melrose Liber
Source title
Liber Sancte Marie de Melros
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1837
beate marie 1237, Melrose Liber
Historic formbeate marie Head nameEcclesia Sanctae Mariae PlaceSt Mary's Abbey, Melrose Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMelrose Liber, no. 206 Date of citation1237 x 1237 |
Source code
Melrose Liber
Source title
Liber Sancte Marie de Melros
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1837
beate marie 1246, Melrose Liber
Historic formbeate marie Head nameEcclesia Sanctae Mariae PlaceSt Mary's Abbey, Melrose Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMelrose Liber, no. 179 Date of citation1246 x 1253 |
Source code
Melrose Liber
Source title
Liber Sancte Marie de Melros
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1837
beate marie 1390, Melrose Liber
Historic formbeate marie Head nameEcclesia Sanctae Mariae PlaceSt Mary's Abbey, Melrose Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMelrose Liber, no. 514 Date of citation1390 x 1406 |
Source code
Melrose Liber
Source title
Liber Sancte Marie de Melros
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1837
ecclesie Sancte Marie 1406, Melrose Liber
Historic formecclesie Sancte Marie Head nameEcclesia Sanctae Mariae PlaceSt Mary's Abbey, Melrose Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMelrose Liber, no. 571 Date of citation1406 x 1436 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Source code
Melrose Liber
Source title
Liber Sancte Marie de Melros
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1837
ecclesie beate marie 1406, Melrose Liber
Historic formecclesie beate marie Head nameEcclesia Sanctae Mariae PlaceSt Mary's Abbey, Melrose Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMelrose Liber, no. 524 Date of citation1406 x 1436 Feature named in sourcechurch |
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)
St Mary's Abbey
Head name
St Mary's Abbey
Place
St Mary's Abbey, Melrose
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
Place-name data
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