Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lethendy, parish
Grid reference
NO 130 418 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
313000 741800
Latitude
56.56021112783442
Longitude
-3.4156877499166627
Nearby places
St Catherine's Land, Lethendy (0 miles)
St Catherine's Chapel, Clunie (1.72 miles)
Clunie, parish (1.89 miles)
Kinloch, parish (formerly Lundeiff) (2.2 miles)
St Catherine's Tower, Clunie (2.25 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Lethendy Old Parish Church, described by NMRS as dating from 1574, largely rebuilt about 1847,
Relationships with other places
Contains St Catherine's Land, Lethendy
Parish details
Lethendy
Parish TLA
LET
County
Perthshire
Medieval diocese
Dunkeld
Parish notes
The parsonage formed the prebend of the chancellor of Dunkeld at the Reformation, it presumably having done so from at least 1274/5 when although the dignitary appears, the church itself does not (SHS vi, 74; Ass. 294v [Dunk. Rent. 347]; Reg. of Pres. i 53). Cowan 1967, 131.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lethendy
Head name
Lethendy
Place
Lethendy, parish
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Historic formLethindy Head nameLethendy PlaceLethendy, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 3423 Date of citation1510 x 1510 Feature named in sourceecclesiam de Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Lathindene 1561, Dunk. Rent.
Historic formLathindene Head nameLethendy PlaceLethendy, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDunk. Rent., 347 Date of citation1561 x 1561 Feature named in sourcekirk and personage of |
Source code
Dunk. Rent.
Source title
Rentale Dunkeldense
Series
SHS
Year
1915
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