Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Tranent, parish
Grid reference
NT 402 733 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
340200 673300
Latitude
55.94905145741775
Longitude
-2.95767792808318
Nearby places
Prestonpans, modern parish (1.14 miles)
St Mary & Holy Cross church, Seton, Tranent (1.45 miles)
Seton, former parish, Tranent x Gladsmuir (1.45 miles)
Cockenzie, settlement Tranent (1.49 miles)
St Germains, hospital/settlement, Tranent (1.72 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for parish kirk erected 1900 on site of fifteenth-century kirk.
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Gladsmuir, modern parish (formerly)
Contains Prestonpans, modern parish (formerly)
Contains Seton, former parish, Tranent x Gladsmuir
partly
Relationships with other places
Contains Cockenzie, settlement Tranent
Contains St Clement's Wells, settlement Tranent
Contains St Clement's Wells, wells Tranent
Contains St Germains, hospital/settlement, Tranent
Parish details
Tranent
Parish TLA
TRA
County
East Lothian
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Parish notes
Granted to Holyrood abbey by Thor son of Swan c.1150, grant confirmed by Richard bp. of St A 1165x78, and later by Saer de Quincy 1165x1214. See Cowan 1967, 200 for references.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Tranent
Head name
Tranent
Place
Tranent, 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
Trauernant 1153, RRS i
Historic formTrauernant Head nameTranent PlaceTranent, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS i, no. 127 Date of citation1153 x 1159 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Associated person or bodyMalcolm IV, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS i
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum
Editors
G.W.S.Barrow
Secondary Title
The Acts of Malcolm IV 1153- 1165
Volume
i
Year
1960
Treuernent 1165, RRS ii
Historic formTreuernent Head nameTranent PlaceTranent, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 40 Date of citation1165 x 1166 Feature named in sourceecclesiam de |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Trauernent 1165, RRS ii
Historic formTrauernent Head nameTranent PlaceTranent, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no.39 Date of citation1165 x 1166 Feature named in sourceecclesiam de |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Place-name data
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