Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Southwick, former parish, Colvend & Southwick
Grid reference
NX 906 569 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
290600 556900
Latitude
54.89475679181286
Longitude
-3.706004155408301
Nearby places
St Lawrence's Well, Colvend and Southwick (1.68 miles)
St Lawrence's Chapel, Colvend & Southwick (1.69 miles)
Colvend, former parish, Colvend & Southwick (3.27 miles)
Colvend & Southwick, modern parish (3.27 miles)
Ladyland, settlement, Kirkbean (3.5 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Parish details
Southwick part of Colvend & Southwick CSK. Colvend and Southwick were certainly united by 1663, as the single parish is mentioned in RPS 1663/6/140.
Parish TLA
SKX
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Parish notes
Now part of Colvend and Southwick CSK. Both parsonage and vicarage fruits were annexed to the Chapel Royal at Stirling on its erection in 1501 (Hist. Chapel Royal 14-15, 25-6, 91-2). See Cowan 1967, 186 for more details. Seem to be no earlier references.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Southwick
Head name
Southwick
Place
Southwick, former parish, Colvend & Southwick
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Historic formSuthayc Head nameSouthwick PlaceSouthwick, former parish, Colvend & Southwick Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSHS Misc., v, 105 Date of citation1274 x 1274 |
Source code
SHS Misc.
Source title
The Miscellany of the Scottish History Society
Year
1893 -