Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lunan, former parish (aka Moy), Moy & Dalarossie
Grid reference
NH 771 342 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
277200 834200
Latitude
57.38185413474394
Longitude
-4.042814048825316
Nearby places
Moy & Dalarossie, modern parish (3.31 miles)
Daviot & Dunlichity, modern parish (4.39 miles)
Daviot, former parish, Daviot & Dunlichity (4.47 miles)
Creag Phadruig, Cawdor (6.14 miles)
St Bridget's Chapel, eccl. Croy & Dalcross (6.15 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR given is for the church built at Moy in 1765 (NMRS), which may have been built on the site of the medieval kirk, though this is not certain. For the identification of Lunan (Lunnin in the 1170s) with Moy see Geoffrey Barrow's notes to RRS ii no. 142.
Parish details
Lunan, later Moy, now part of Moy and Dalarossie.
Parish TLA
LUX
Medieval diocese
Moray
Parish notes
Pre 1975 County given as: INV NAI
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Lunan
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Lunan
Place
Lunan, former parish (aka Moy), Moy & Dalarossie
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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
Moy
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Moy
Place
Lunan, former parish (aka Moy), Moy & Dalarossie
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Probable
The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Moy 1560, Assumption
Historic formMoy This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameMoy PlaceLunan, former parish (aka Moy), Moy & Dalarossie Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 639 Date of citation1560 x 1570 |
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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