Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Smailholm, parish
Grid reference
NT 648 364 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
364800 636400
Latitude
55.61991322283493
Longitude
-2.558978077999173
Nearby places
Nenthorn, tree, Nenthorn (1.39 miles)
Lady Hill, Smailholm (1.43 miles)
Nenthorn, parish (1.88 miles)
Makerstoun, parish (2.39 miles)
Mary Magdalene's Hosp., Rutherford, Maxton (3.36 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Smailholm parish church. The present building seems to incorporate material from the twelfth-century kirk which stood here (NMRS).
Relationships with other places
Contains Lady Hill, Smailholm
Parish TLA
SMH
County
Roxburghshire
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Smailholm
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Smailholm
Place
Smailholm, 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
Smalahame 1560, Assumption
Historic formSmalahame This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameSmailholm PlaceSmailholm, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 189 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Associated person or bodyDryburgh Abbey Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
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
Place-name data
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