Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Yetholm, parish
Grid reference
NT 825 280 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
382500 628000
Latitude
55.54538736756112
Longitude
-2.2773738850635183
Nearby places
St Ethelreda's Chapel, Yetholm (1.5 miles)
Lady Well, Linton (3.19 miles)
Linton, parish ROX (3.41 miles)
Lempitlaw, former parish, Sprouston (3.76 miles)
St Lawrence's Well, Morebattle (3.78 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the modern parish kirk which appears to be the site of a twelfth-century kirk, fragments of which have been preserved in the terrace wall of the manse (NMRS).
Relationships with other places
Contains St Ethelreda's Chapel, Yetholm
Parish TLA
YET
County
Roxburghshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Parish notes
There appears to have been a parish called 'Little Yetholm' (Parva Yetham) in the late thirteenth century, a presentation being made by Edward I to this church in 1298, but no other notice is made of it (Cowan 1967, 134) and it was probably absorbed into this parish.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Yetholm
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Yetholm
Place
Yetholm, 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
Yettem 1560, Assumption
Historic formYettem This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameYetholm PlaceYetholm, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 243 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourceparsonage |
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
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