Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Southdean, parish
Grid reference
NT 630 091 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
363000 609100
Latitude
55.3744613316911
Longitude
-2.583919610377678
Altitude (metres)
204
Nearby places
Martinlee Sike, Southdean (1.48 miles)
Abbotrule, former parish (2.53 miles)
Abbotrule Church, eccl., Southdean (2.53 miles)
Lady's Well, Abbotrule, Southdean (2.72 miles)
Hobkirk, parish aka Roule (2.89 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR is former parish church, on bank of Jed Water, later replaced (1690) by church at NT625106. See NMRS for the collapse of this building in 1688 and its excavation in 1910, revealing the remains of a thirteenth-century tower and nave.
Relationships with other places
Contains Abbotrule Church, eccl., Southdean
Contains Lady's Well, Abbotrule, Southdean
Contains Martinlee Sike, Southdean
Parish details
Southdean incorporated half of parish of Abbotrule in 1777.
Parish TLA
SDN
County
Roxburghshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Southdean
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Southdean
Place
Southdean, 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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No