Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Hobkirk, parish aka Roule
Grid reference
NT 587 109 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
358700 610900
Latitude
55.390293379002586
Longitude
-2.6520419181123667
Nearby places
Hobkirk, eccles., Hobkirk (0 miles)
Lady's Well, Abbotrule, Southdean (1.8 miles)
Abbotrule, former parish (1.86 miles)
Abbotrule Church, eccl., Southdean (1.86 miles)
Southdean, parish (2.89 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR is site of remains of earlier church, beside the later built parish church.
Relationships with other places
Contains Hobkirk, eccles., Hobkirk
Parish TLA
HOB
County
Roxburghshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Parish notes
Hobkirk contains portion of Abbotrule AUX, which was suppressed in 1777; other portion in Southdean.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Hobkirk
Head name
Hobkirk
Place
Hobkirk, parish aka Roule
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
Hopkirk 1560, Assumption
Historic formHopkirk Head nameHobkirk PlaceHobkirk, parish aka Roule Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 220 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Associated person or bodyJedburgh Abbey 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
Historic formHoppkirck Head nameHobkirk PlaceHobkirk, parish aka Roule Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Teviotdale Date of citation1654 x 1654 Feature named in sourcekirk of |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Place-name data
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