Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Cranston, parish
Grid reference
NT 387 655 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
338700 665500
Latitude
55.87878289643628
Longitude
-2.9799267946993035
Nearby places
Bartholomew's Firlot, Cranston (1.64 miles)
Ormiston, parish (1.94 miles)
St Giles' Church, Ormiston (1.94 miles)
Crichton, parish (2.46 miles)
Masterton, former parish, Newbattle (2.91 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for Cranston parish kirk, built in 1788 on the site of the former church. There is a record of a twelfth-century cross-slab in the kirkyard, but this is now lost (NMRS Canmore ID 53331).
Relationships with other places
Contains Bartholomew's Firlot, Cranston
Parish TLA
CRT
County
Midlothian
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Cranston
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Cranston
Place
Cranston, 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
Crennestun 1189, RRS ii
Historic formCrennestun This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameCranston PlaceCranston, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 367 Date of citation1189 x 1195 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Associated person or bodyHugo Riddel Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain Associated person or bodyWilliam I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Cranstoun 1422, St A. Cop.
Historic formCranstoun This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameCranston PlaceCranston, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSt A. Cop., p. 36 Date of citation1422 x 1422 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Source code
St A. Cop.
Author
J.H. Baxter
Source title
Copiale Prioratus Sanctiandree
Year
1930
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