Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St John's Land, settlement, Dumfries.
Grid reference
NX 975 756 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
297500 575600
Latitude
55.06421547476406
Longitude
-3.6051419193421226
County
Dumfriesshire
Nearby places
Dumfries, parish (0 miles)
St Michael's Church, Dumfries (0 miles)
St Mary's Church, 19th cent. Dumfries (0.25 miles)
St Thomas's Chapel, Dumfries (0.31 miles)
Holy Rood Chapel, aka St Christopher's, Dumfries (0.37 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Notes
'the land of St John which lies next to the cemetery of the mother church of Dumfries on the north side' - Kelso Liber no. 332
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dumfries, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Terra Sancti Johannis
Head name
Terra Sancti Johannis
Place
St John's Land, settlement, Dumfries.
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Terra Sancti Johannis 1215, Kel. Lib.
Historic formTerra Sancti Johannis Head nameTerra Sancti Johannis PlaceSt John's Land, settlement, Dumfries. Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceKel. Lib., p266 no.332 Date of citation1215 approx x 1215 approx Feature named in sourceland |
Source code
Kel. Lib.
Source title
Liber S. Marie de Calchou
Series
Bannatyne Club
Volume
2
Year
1846
Saints in this place-name
John (ns) (certain)
John the Apostle or Evangelist (maybe)
John the Baptist (maybe)
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