Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Gladsmuir, modern parish
Grid reference
NT 460 715 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
346000 671500
Latitude
55.93356553693733
Longitude
-2.864445016593016
County
East Lothian
Nearby places
St John's Chapel, Herdmanston, Saltoun (1.26 miles)
Pencaitland, parish (1.88 miles)
St Michael's Church, Saltoun (2.46 miles)
Saltoun, parish (2.46 miles)
St Germains, hospital/settlement, Tranent (2.9 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for earlier church, replaced by one built in 1695 at NT460715.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Aberlady, parish (formerly)
Within Haddington, parish
Within Haddington, parish (formerly)
Contains Seton, former parish, Tranent x Gladsmuir
partly
Within Tranent, parish (formerly)
Parish details
GLM created in 1695 of territory taken from Haddington, Aberlady and Tranent.
Parish TLA
GLM
County
East Lothian
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Gladsmuir
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Gladsmuir
Place
Gladsmuir, modern 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
Place-name data
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Satellite map with labels:
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
