Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Obney, former parish, Auchtergaven
Grid reference
NO 030 360 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
303000 736000
Latitude
56.506159303187374
Longitude
-3.576178861756661
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
Tippermallo, settlement, Methven (1 miles)
Logiebride, settlement (LBX) Auchtergaven (1.54 miles)
Logiebride, eccl. Logiebride, Auchtergaven (1.67 miles)
Logiebride, former parish, Auchtergaven (1.67 miles)
St Bride's Well, Logiebride/Auchtergaven (1.7 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR given is for the area around OS Digimap Chapel Head. CORPUS records of this area: 'The site of the church of Obney is no longer known with certainty. However, there is a possibility that it was at Chapel Head, a promontory above the steep south bank of the Garry Burn, about 300 metres north of Blairquhan and about 500 metres south-west of Nether Obney. There are records of two coins and the head of a glass image being found when the foundations of a building known as the Chapel were being cleared here in 1821. But nothing now survives above ground of any structures or enclosure.'
Relationships with other parishes
Within Auchtergaven, parish
Parish details
Obney now part of Auchtergaven AUG
Parish TLA
OBX
Medieval diocese
Dunkeld
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Obney
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Obney
Place
Obney, former parish, Auchtergaven
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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