Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Monkegie, former parish, aka Keithhall, KKL
Grid reference
NJ 797 212 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
379700 821200
Latitude
57.28118139462484
Longitude
-2.3367451052532515
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Keithhall & Kinkell, parish (0.33 miles)
Inverurie, parish (1.12 miles)
St Mary's, Inverurie (Episcopal church) (1.26 miles)
Kinkell, former parish, Keithhall & Kinkell ABD (1.55 miles)
Our Lady of Immaculate Conception INR (1.94 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR is for Keithhall Old Parish church. Four Pictish symbol stones at the site, close to a motte and bailey. Both church and motte lie on the north side of the River Don, on a peninsula formed between the Don and the Over Burn.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Keithhall & Kinkell, parish
Parish details
Monkegie aka Keithhall; now part of Keithhall & Kinkell KKX KKL
Parish TLA
MKX
Medieval diocese
Aberdeen
Parish notes
Originally a chapel of Rothket, but with the disappearance of that church it became a pendicle of Inverurie. It apparently remained as such, in spite of fifteenth-century references to the parish kirk of Monkegie (Lind. Cart. nos. iii, xciii) (Cowan 19677, 149-50).
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Keithhall
Head name
Keithhall
Place
Monkegie, former parish, aka Keithhall, KKL
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Monkegie
Head name
Monkegie
Place
Monkegie, former parish, aka Keithhall, KKL
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Munkegyn 1178, Lind. Cart.
Historic formMunkegyn Head nameMonkegie PlaceMonkegie, former parish, aka Keithhall, KKL Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceLind. Cart., no. 1 Date of citation1178 x 1182 |
Source code
Lind. Cart.
Source title
Chartulary of the Abbey of Lindores Scottish History Society
Year
1903
Munkegin 1198, Lind. Cart.
Historic formMunkegin Head nameMonkegie PlaceMonkegie, former parish, aka Keithhall, KKL Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceLind. Cart., no. 2 Date of citation1198 x 1199 |
Source code
Lind. Cart.
Source title
Chartulary of the Abbey of Lindores Scottish History Society
Year
1903
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