Saints in Scottish Place-Names

St Boswells, parish, aka Lessuden

Grid reference

NT 606 305 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

360600 630500

Latitude

55.56657491483045

Longitude

-2.624827149344441

Nearby places

St Boswells Church, St Boswells (0 miles)

St Boswell's Well, Hier Well, St Boswells (0.09 miles)

St Boswells Burn (0.14 miles)

St Boswells, settlement, St Boswells (0.18 miles)

Maxton, parish (0.28 miles)

Object Classification

Parish (extant in 1975)

Is linear feature?

Notes

NGR is for site of old parish church, abandoned in 19th century, but still surrounded by indicative names (Kirk Road, Kirkback Pool in the Tweed). Church was apparently moved there mid-17th century (having previously been at unknown location); modern parish church is at NT594310, in the town of St Boswells, a church formed from merger of various earlier ones.

Relationships with other places

Contains St Boswell's Well, Hier Well, St Boswells

Contains St Boswells Burn

Contains St Boswells Church, St Boswells

Contains St Boswells Green, St Boswells

Contains St Boswells, settlement, St Boswells

Contains St Boswells, village

Contains St Boswellsbank, settlement

Contains St Mary's Church, St Boswells

Parish details

St Boswells formerly Lessuden

Parish TLA

SBO

County

Roxburghshire

Medieval diocese

Glasgow

Names

2 head-names linked to this place

Lessuden

Head name

Lessuden

Place

St Boswells, parish, aka Lessuden

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

The status of this name is

Obsolete

Is this a current OS form? ?

Is this the original referent of the place?

Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?

Lessedewyn 1165, RRS ii

Historic form

Lessedewyn

Head name

Lessuden

Place

St Boswells, parish, aka Lessuden

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

RRS ii, no. 121

Date of citation

1165 x 1174

Feature named in source

church

Associated person or body

William I, king of Scots

Certainty of identity of person or body

Certain

Source code

RRS ii

Source title

Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I

Editors

G. W. S. Barrow

Year

1971

Lossuddan 1560, Assumption

Historic form

Lossuddan

Head name

Lessuden

Place

St Boswells, parish, aka Lessuden

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Assumption, 189

Date of citation

1560 x 1570

Feature named in source

kirk

Associated person or body

Dryburgh Abbey

Certainty of identity of person or body

Certain

Source code

Assumption

Source title

The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation

Editors

J. Kirk

Series

Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21

Year

1995

St Boswells

This is not a hagiotoponym.

Head name

St Boswells

Place

St Boswells, parish, aka Lessuden

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

The status of this name is

Current

Is this a current OS form? ?

Is this the original referent of the place?

Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?

Sanct Boswells 1620, Dryb. Lib.

Historic form

Sanct Boswells

This is not a hagiotoponym.

Head name

St Boswells

Place

St Boswells, parish, aka Lessuden

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Dryb. Lib., p320 No. XXXVI

Date of citation

1620 approx x 1620 approx

Feature named in source

temple lands

Source code

Dryb. Lib.

Source title

Liber S. Marie de Dryburgh

Series

Bannatyne Club

Year

1847

St Boswells 1794, OSA

Historic form

St Boswells

This is not a hagiotoponym.

Head name

St Boswells

Place

St Boswells, parish, aka Lessuden

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

OSA, x, 204

Date of citation

1794 x 1794

Source code

OSA

Source title

Old Statistical Account

Relationships with other place names

Derives from St Boswells Church, St Boswells Church, St Boswells

Place-name data

The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.

Map Layers

The map interface was produced using the Leaflet.js library. Attribution for the base layers is as follows:

Default map:
Tiles © Esri — Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, TomTom, Intermap, iPC, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), and the GIS User Community

Satellite map:
Tiles © Esri — Source: Esri, i-cubed, USDA, USGS, AEX, GeoEye, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, UPR-EGP, and the GIS User Community

OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps

OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps

Funded by a Leverhulme Trust Project Grant

St Boswells, parish, aka Lessuden

Grid reference

Six-figure easting & northing

Latitude

Longitude

Nearby places

Object Classification

Is linear feature?

Notes

Relationships with other places

Parish details

Parish TLA

County

Medieval diocese

Names

Lessuden

Head name

Place

Certainty that this name applies to this place

The status of this name is

Is this a current OS form? ?

Is this the original referent of the place?

Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?

Historic form

Head name

Place

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Source

Date of citation

Feature named in source

Associated person or body

Certainty of identity of person or body

Source code

Source title

Editors

Year

Historic form

Head name

Place

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Source

Date of citation

Feature named in source

Associated person or body

Certainty of identity of person or body

Source code

Source title

Editors

Series

Year

St Boswells

Head name

Place

Certainty that this name applies to this place

The status of this name is

Is this a current OS form? ?

Is this the original referent of the place?

Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?

Historic form

Head name

Place

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Source

Date of citation

Feature named in source

Source code

Source title

Series

Year

Historic form

Head name

Place

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Source

Date of citation

Source code

Source title

Relationships with other place names