Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St James's Church, Roxburgh, Kelso
Grid reference
NT 717 342 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
371700 634200
Latitude
55.60059423870742
Longitude
-2.4491838927382044
County
Roxburghshire
Nearby places
Roxburgh St James, former parish, Kelso (0 miles)
Roxburgh Holy Sepulchre, former parish, Kelso (0.12 miles)
Holy Sepulchre Church, Roxburgh, Kelso (0.12 miles)
St James's Green, Roxburgh, Kelso (0.26 miles)
St Peter's Church & Friary, Roxburgh, Kelso (0.33 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR is inferred from data recorded by NMRS (Canmore ID 58465). The haugh on which it stands (between the Teviot and the Tweed) is shown as part of Roxburgh parish on OS 6 inch 1st edn, but as part of Kelso parish on OS 6 inch 2nd edn (1892 x 1905). The boundary moved in the intervening period, moving this church from Roxburgh into Kelso. It was held by Kelso Abbey in 1331, for which see Glas. Reg. no. 282, in which the abbot of Kelso refers to this as 'parochialis ecclesie nostre Sancti Jacobi'.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kelso, parish
Within Roxburgh St James, former parish, Kelso (formerly)
Within Roxburgh, modern parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St James's Green, Roxburgh, Kelso
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sancti Jacobi
Head name
Ecclesia Sancti Jacobi
Place
St James's Church, Roxburgh, Kelso
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Ecclesiam Sancti Iacobi 1159, RRS i
Historic formEcclesiam Sancti Iacobi Head nameEcclesia Sancti Jacobi PlaceSt James's Church, Roxburgh, Kelso Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS i, no. 131 Date of citation1159 x 1159 Feature named in sourcechurch |
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
ecclesia Sancti Jacobi 1291, Melrose Liber
Historic formecclesia Sancti Jacobi Head nameEcclesia Sancti Jacobi PlaceSt James's Church, Roxburgh, Kelso Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMelrose Liber, no. 353 Date of citation1291 x 1291 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Source code
Melrose Liber
Source title
Liber Sancte Marie de Melros
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1837
ecclesia Sancti Jacobi 1309, Melrose Liber
Historic formecclesia Sancti Jacobi Head nameEcclesia Sancti Jacobi PlaceSt James's Church, Roxburgh, Kelso Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMelrose Liber, no. 428 Date of citation1309 x 1309 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Source code
Melrose Liber
Source title
Liber Sancte Marie de Melros
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1837
Ecclesia Beati Jacobi 1329, Glas. Reg.
Historic formEcclesia Beati Jacobi Head nameEcclesia Sancti Jacobi PlaceSt James's Church, Roxburgh, Kelso Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGlas. Reg., no. 280 Date of citation1329 x 1329 |
Source code
Glas. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Episcopatus Glasguense
Saints in this place-name
James (ns) (certain)
James the Great, apostle (probable)
St James's Kirk
Head name
St James's Kirk
Place
St James's Church, Roxburgh, Kelso
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
Sanct James Kirk 1560, Assumption
Historic formSanct James Kirk Head nameSt James's Kirk PlaceSt James's Church, Roxburgh, Kelso Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 224 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Associated person or bodyKelso Abbey Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
Assumption
Source title
The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation
Editors
J. Kirk
Series
Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21
Year
1995
St James’s 1794, OSA
Historic formSt James’s Head nameSt James's Kirk PlaceSt James's Church, Roxburgh, Kelso Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, vol. 10 p580 Date of citation1794 x 1794 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Saints in this place-name
James (ns) (certain)
James the Great, apostle (probable)
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