Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lempitlaw, former parish, Sprouston
Grid reference
NT 788 328 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
378800 632800
Latitude
55.58837452200162
Longitude
-2.33638601903567
County
Roxburghshire
Nearby places
Sprouston, parish (2.52 miles)
St Leonard's, settlement Kelso (3.6 miles)
Yetholm, parish (3.76 miles)
Abbey of St Mary [and St John], Kelso (3.77 miles)
Kelso, parish (3.77 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the site of the old kirk, of which NMRS records (Canmore ID 58388) the presence of a 'coped hog-backed stone, partly buried ... bear[ing] three rows of shingle ornament on its exposed surface.' The whereabouts of the stone is now unknown.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Sprouston, parish
Parish details
Lempitlaw now part of Sprouston SPR
Parish TLA
LPX
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lempitlaw
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Lempitlaw
Place
Lempitlaw, former parish, Sprouston
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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
Lemplaw 1572, Assumption
Historic formLemplaw This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameLempitlaw PlaceLempitlaw, former parish, Sprouston Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 118 Date of citation1572 x 1572 Feature named in sourceparish kirk |
Associated person or bodyTrinity Collegiate Kirk, Edinburgh 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
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