Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kinkell, former parish, Keithhall & Kinkell ABD
Grid reference
NJ 785 190 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
378500 819000
Latitude
57.26136229553443
Longitude
-2.3564597938515566
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Inverurie, parish (1.04 miles)
St Mary's, Inverurie (Episcopal church) (1.22 miles)
Monkegie, former parish, aka Keithhall, KKL (1.55 miles)
Keithhall & Kinkell, parish (1.63 miles)
Lady's Well, Kintore (1.7 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the medieval kirk, which was built in 1538 (presumably on the site of an earlier kirk).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Keithhall & Kinkell, parish
Parish details
Kinkell part of Keithhall MKX & Kinkell KKL
Parish TLA
KKX
Medieval diocese
Aberdeen
Parish notes
At the Reformation the parsonage of Kinkell (Kynkell) appears with six other kirks described as its pendicles: Kinnellar (Kynnellar), Dyce (Dys), Kemnay (Kemany), Skene (Skeyn), Drumblade (Drumblaitt).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kinkell
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Kinkell
Place
Kinkell, former parish, Keithhall & Kinkell ABD
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Kynkell 1560, Assumption
Historic formKynkell This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKinkell PlaceKinkell, former parish, Keithhall & Kinkell ABD Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 445 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourceparsonage and parish kirk |
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
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