Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Leochel, former parish, Leochel-Cushnie
Grid reference
NJ 550 096 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
355000 809600
Latitude
57.1752114294416
Longitude
-2.7443487764339727
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
St Marnoch's Church, Leochel, LCU (0 miles)
Leochel-Cushnie, modern parish (1.47 miles)
South Brideswell, Cushnie, LCU (2.42 miles)
Brideswells, settlement, Cushnie LCU (2.63 miles)
St Bride's Well, Cushnie, now LCU (2.63 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for OS Digimap St Marnoch's Church at Kirkton of Leochel.
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Contains St Marnoch's Church, Leochel, LCU
Parish details
Leochel part of Leochel-Cushnie LCU
Parish TLA
LXC
Medieval diocese
Aberdeen
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Leochel
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Leochel
Place
Leochel, former parish, Leochel-Cushnie
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Loychel 1214, St A. Lib.
Historic formLoychel This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameLeochel PlaceLeochel, former parish, Leochel-Cushnie Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSt A. Lib., 362 Date of citation1214 x 1245 Feature named in sourceecclesia |
Associated person or bodyDuncan, earl of Mar Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
St A. Lib.
Source title
Liber Cartarum Prioratus Sancti Andree in Scotia
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1841
Loychel 1245, St A. Lib.
Historic formLoychel This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameLeochel PlaceLeochel, former parish, Leochel-Cushnie Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSt A. Lib., 372 Date of citation1245 x 1245 Feature named in sourceecclesia |
Source code
St A. Lib.
Source title
Liber Cartarum Prioratus Sancti Andree in Scotia
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1841
Historic formLeochel This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameLeochel PlaceLeochel, former parish, Leochel-Cushnie Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, vol. 6 p212 Date of citation1793 x 1793 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
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