Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St John's Church, Castle, Roxburgh
Grid reference
NT 712 337 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
371200 633700
Latitude
55.59607189023747
Longitude
-2.4570674879407965
Altitude (metres)
55
County
Roxburghshire
Nearby places
Roxburgh Holy Sepulchre, former parish, Kelso (0.36 miles)
Holy Sepulchre Church, Roxburgh, Kelso (0.36 miles)
St Peter's Church & Friary, Roxburgh, Kelso (0.43 miles)
St James's Church, Roxburgh, Kelso (0.44 miles)
Roxburgh St James, former parish, Kelso (0.44 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
St John's Church, sometimes described as a chapel, was one of the buildings of Roxburgh Castle. There is no surviving evidence of exactly where it stood. The NGR given is for the castle. It is worth noting that its status as a church is asserted in the earliest sources, in the time of David I. However, by the reign of Malcolm IV it is being called a chapel (capella), as in RRS i no. 114 (1153 x 1156): 'Capellam de castello meo in Rochesburc', though in some ways the language applied to it is more appropriate to a church than a chapel: 'cum parrochia et decimis et oblacionibus et ceteris ecclesiasticis rectitudinibus et dignitatibus'.
Relationships with other parishes
Detached from Old Roxburgh, former parish, Roxburgh
Within Roxburgh, modern parish
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Capella de Castello
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Capella de Castello
Place
St John's Church, Castle, Roxburgh
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Capellam de Castello 1153, RRS i
Historic formCapellam de Castello This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameCapella de Castello PlaceSt John's Church, Castle, Roxburgh Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS i, no. 114 Date of citation1153 x 1156 |
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
Ecclesia Sancti Johannis Evangelistae
Head name
Ecclesia Sancti Johannis Evangelistae
Place
St John's Church, Castle, Roxburgh
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
eccliesie Sancti Johannis Euangeliste 1127, David I Chrs.
Historic formeccliesie Sancti Johannis Euangeliste Head nameEcclesia Sancti Johannis Evangelistae PlaceSt John's Church, Castle, Roxburgh Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDavid I Chrs., no. 30 Date of citation1127 x 1127 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Source code
David I Chrs.
Source title
The Charters of David I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Secondary Title
The Written Acts of David I King of Scots, 1124-53, and of his son Henry, Earl of Northumberland, 1139-52
Year
1999
ecclesie Sancti Johannis 1150, David I Chrs.
Historic formecclesie Sancti Johannis Head nameEcclesia Sancti Johannis Evangelistae PlaceSt John's Church, Castle, Roxburgh Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDavid I Chrs., no. 201 Date of citation1150 x 1152 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Source code
David I Chrs.
Source title
The Charters of David I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Secondary Title
The Written Acts of David I King of Scots, 1124-53, and of his son Henry, Earl of Northumberland, 1139-52
Year
1999
Ecclesie Sancti Johannis de Castro 1150, Glas. Reg.
Historic formEcclesie Sancti Johannis de Castro Head nameEcclesia Sancti Johannis Evangelistae PlaceSt John's Church, Castle, Roxburgh Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGlas. Reg., no. 5 Date of citation1150 approx x 1150 approx Feature named in sourceecclesia |
Source code
Glas. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Episcopatus Glasguense
Ecclesie Sancti Johannis de Castello 1189, RRS ii
Historic formEcclesie Sancti Johannis de Castello Head nameEcclesia Sancti Johannis Evangelistae PlaceSt John's Church, Castle, Roxburgh Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 315 Date of citation1189 x 1195 |
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
John (ns) (certain)
John the Apostle or Evangelist (certain)
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