Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Laurence's Church, Berwick
Grid reference
NT 990 530 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
399000 653000
Latitude
55.77035652843068
Longitude
-2.015941068965475
County
Berwickshire
Nearby places
Berwick St Laurence, former parish, Berwick (0 miles)
Berwick St Mary's, former parish, BET (0.39 miles)
St Mary's Church, Berwick upon Tweed (0.39 miles)
Mary Gate, Berwick on Tweed (0.5 miles)
Berwick-on-Tweed, parish (0.56 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Berwick St Laurence, former parish, Berwick (formerly)
Within Berwick-on-Tweed, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sancti Laurencii
Head name
Ecclesia Sancti Laurencii
Place
St Laurence's Church, Berwick
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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 sancti Laurencii 1150, Kel. Lib.
Historic formecclesie sancti Laurencii Head nameEcclesia Sancti Laurencii PlaceSt Laurence's Church, Berwick Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceKel. Lib., p340 no. 445 Date of citation1150 x 1151 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Source code
Kel. Lib.
Source title
Liber S. Marie de Calchou
Series
Bannatyne Club
Volume
2
Year
1846
Ecclesiam Sancti Lavrentii 1159, RRS i
Historic formEcclesiam Sancti Lavrentii Head nameEcclesia Sancti Laurencii PlaceSt Laurence's Church, Berwick Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS i, no. 131 Date of citation1159 x 1159 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Associated person or bodyMalcolm IV, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
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
Ecclesiam Sancti Laurencii 1165, RRS ii
Historic formEcclesiam Sancti Laurencii Head nameEcclesia Sancti Laurencii PlaceSt Laurence's Church, Berwick Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 63 Date of citation1165 x 1166 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Associated person or bodyWilliam I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Saints in this place-name
Laurence (ns) (certain)
Laurence, Roman martyr (certain)
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