Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Hawick, parish
Grid reference
NT 501 143 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
350100 614300
Latitude
55.42004578995032
Longitude
-2.788413084577285
County
Roxburghshire
Nearby places
St Mary's Church, Hawick (0 miles)
Ladylaw, Hawick (0.42 miles)
Wilton, former parish, Hawick (0.56 miles)
Martin's Bridge (1.36 miles)
Martinshouse, Hawick (1.44 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for St Mary's Church, rebuilt in 1764 (NMRS), on the site of the medieval kirk.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Roberton, modern parish ROX
part of
Within Teviothead, modern parish
parts of
Contains Wilton, former parish, Hawick
Relationships with other places
Contains Ladylaw, Hawick
Contains Martin's Bridge
Contains Martinshouse, Hawick
Contains St Leonard's Moss, Hawick
Contains St Leonard's Park, Hawick
Contains St Mary's Church, Hawick
Contains St Mary's Church, Hawick
Parish TLA
HAW
County
Roxburghshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Hawick
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Hawick
Place
Hawick, 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
Hawik 1560, Assumption
Historic formHawik This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameHawick PlaceHawick, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 263 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourceparsonage |
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
Place-name data
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