Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Newbattle Abbey, Newbattle
Grid reference
NT 333 660 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
333300 666000
Latitude
55.882557828762295
Longitude
-3.066356893931297
County
Midlothian
Nearby places
Newbattle, parish (0.09 miles)
St Nicholas Church, Dalkeith (0.87 miles)
Dalkeith, parish (0.87 miles)
St Mary's Chapel (Episc.), Dalkeith (1.06 miles)
Masterton, former parish, Newbattle (1.64 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
A Cistercian monastery, a daughter house of Melrose, founded in 1140. Part of the original monastic buildings are incorporated into the present Newbattle Abbey House.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Beatae Mariae
Head name
Ecclesia Beatae Mariae
Place
Newbattle Abbey, Newbattle
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 1185, RRS ii
Historic formEcclesie Sancte Marie Head nameEcclesia Beatae Mariae PlaceNewbattle Abbey, Newbattle Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 257 Date of citation1185 x 1190 Feature named in sourceabbey church |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Ecclesie Beate Marie 1284, RRS iv/1
Historic formEcclesie Beate Marie Head nameEcclesia Beatae Mariae PlaceNewbattle Abbey, Newbattle Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS iv/1, no. 152 Date of citation1284 x 1284 |
Source code
RRS iv/1
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum IV part 1
Editors
Cynthia Neville & Grant G. Simpson
Year
2012
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
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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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