Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Soulseat, former parish, Inch
Grid reference
NX 100 586 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
210000 558600
Latitude
54.88588620469065
Longitude
-4.962542938512215
Nearby places
Glenluce, parish (now Old Luce) (0.83 miles)
Killbrocks, Soulseat, Inch (1.34 miles)
Inchmichael, eccles, Inch (1.43 miles)
Inch, parish (1.43 miles)
Kirminnoch, Soulseat, Inch (1.47 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other places
Contains Killbrocks, Soulseat, Inch
Contains Kirminnoch, Soulseat, Inch
Parish details
Soulseat now part of Inch INH
Parish TLA
SSX
Medieval diocese
Galloway
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Soulseat
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Soulseat
Place
Soulseat, former parish, Inch
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
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
Saulseitt 1560, Assumption
Historic formSaulseitt This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameSoulseat PlaceSoulseat, former parish, Inch Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 598 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Associated person or bodySoulseat 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
Historic formSalsett This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameSoulseat PlaceSoulseat, former parish, Inch Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, viii no. 1657 Date of citation1630 x 1630 Feature named in sourcechurch Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Associated person or bodySoulseat Abbey Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
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