Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Preston, former parish, Bunkle and Preston
Grid reference
NT 786 570 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
378600 657000
Latitude
55.80582785283293
Longitude
-2.341449726954977
County
Berwickshire
Nearby places
Ladywell, settlement Duns (0.95 miles)
Lady Well, ~well Duns (0.95 miles)
Sanct Sownis Wallis, settlement, Duns (1.07 miles)
Sanct-sownis-wallis, Duns (1.07 miles)
Johnsfield, settlement Duns (1.22 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for site of Preston Old Parish Kirk, which NMRS indicates may have been occupied as early as the twelfth century.
Relationships with other parishes
Parish details
Preston part of Bunkle & Preston BUP
Parish TLA
PRX
Medieval diocese
Dunkeld
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Preston
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Preston
Place
Preston, former parish, Bunkle and Preston
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Place-name data
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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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