Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Abbotrule, former parish
Grid reference
NT 611 127 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
361100 612700
Latitude
55.40666453185955
Longitude
-2.614404205612464
County
Roxburghshire
Nearby places
Abbotrule Church, eccl., Southdean (0 miles)
Lady's Well, Abbotrule, Southdean (0.22 miles)
Hobkirk, parish aka Roule (1.86 miles)
Hobkirk, eccles., Hobkirk (1.86 miles)
Southdean, parish (2.53 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for OS Digimap Abbotrule Church (remains of). Canmore ID: 56951.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Hobkirk, parish aka Roule
partly
Within Southdean, parish
partly
Relationships with other places
Contains Abbotrule Church, eccl., Southdean
Contains Lady's Well, Abbotrule, Southdean
Parish details
Abbotrule now partly in Southdean SDN & partly in Hobkirk HOB
Parish TLA
AUX
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Abbotrule
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Abbotrule
Place
Abbotrule, former parish
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Rule Abbatis 1220, Glas. Reg.
Historic formRule Abbatis This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameAbbotrule PlaceAbbotrule, former parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGlas. Reg., no. 114 Date of citation1220 x 1220 Feature named in sourceecclesia de |
Source code
Glas. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Episcopatus Glasguense
Place-name data
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