Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Ruthwell, parish
Grid reference
NY 100 682 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
310000 568200
Latitude
55.00015302779321
Longitude
-3.4071314854776196
Nearby places
Ruthwell, well (0 miles)
Ladyhall, settlement, Ruthwell (1.26 miles)
Cummertrees, parish (2.72 miles)
Agneshill, settlement, Cummertrees (2.95 miles)
St Bridget's Chapel, Dalton (3.07 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Ruthwell parish church, site of the magnificent Anglian Ruthwell Cross, and also probably the original site of a pre-Anglian cross slab found in the garden of the manse in 1950 [NMRS]
Parish details
Ruthwell.
Parish TLA
RWL
County
Dumfriesshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ruthwell
Head name
Ruthwell
Place
Ruthwell, parish
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
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
Ruthwall 1649, Geog. Coll. III
Historic formRuthwall Head nameRuthwell PlaceRuthwell, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. III, 187 Date of citation1649 x 1649 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. III
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Editors
Arthur Mitchel and James Toshach Clark
Series
Scottish History Society
Year
1908
Ruthwell 1723, Geog. Coll. I
Historic formRuthwell Head nameRuthwell PlaceRuthwell, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. I, 370 Date of citation1723 x 1723 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Source code
Geog. Coll. I
Author
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
1 of 3
Year
1906
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