Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kinellar, parish
Grid reference
NJ 821 144 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
382100 814400
Latitude
57.22019174908043
Longitude
-2.29644267413604
Nearby places
Cairntradlin, Kinellar (0.32 miles)
Paulscroft, Dyce (0.81 miles)
St Giles's Chapel, Fintray (1.54 miles)
Breedie's Haugh, Fintray (1.94 miles)
Kintore, parish (2.12 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Kinellar Kirk, built 1801, but apparently on the site of the medieval kirk. A bell dated 1612 and two semi-circular stones dated 1615 survive (NMRS).
Parish TLA
KNL
County
Aberdeenshire
Medieval diocese
Aberdeen
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kinellar
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Kinellar
Place
Kinellar, 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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Kynnellar 1560, Assumption
Historic formKynnellar This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKinellar PlaceKinellar, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 445 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourceparish |
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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