Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Rood Acre, Jedburgh
Grid reference
NT 650 200 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
365000 620000
Latitude
55.47255733041509
Longitude
-2.5537268699842284
County
Roxburghshire
Nearby places
Jedburgh Abbey, Jedburgh (0.26 miles)
Jedburgh, parish (0.26 miles)
Lady's Yards, Jedburgh (0.26 miles)
Annfield, Jedburgh (0.58 miles)
Ancrum-Spittal, eccl., Crailing (2.86 miles)
Object Classification
Field
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR is inferred from its description as lying on the north side of the burgh of Jedburgh (RMS iii no. 2182)
Relationships with other parishes
Within Jedburgh, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Rood Acre
Head name
Rood Acre
Place
Rood Acre, Jedburgh
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
Historic formRude-aker Head nameRood Acre PlaceRood Acre, Jedburgh Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 2182 Date of citation1540 x 1549 Feature named in sourceterras Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
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