Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Palladius's Chapel, Fordoun
Grid reference
NO 726 784 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
372600 778400
Latitude
56.89630028554185
Longitude
-2.449839767362195
County
Kincardineshire
Nearby places
Fordoun, parish (0 miles)
St Palladius's Well, Fordoun (0.06 miles)
Paldy Fair, Fordoun (1.55 miles)
Paldyfair Wood, Fordoun (1.8 miles)
St Mary's Well, Glenbervie (2.3 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the remains of fifteenth-century church, with remains of two earlier churches on the site, as well as a Class II Pictish stone. In the sixteenth century his body and relics were at Fordoun, 'in our days translated into a certain chapel there' (cuius corpus apud Fordoune et reliquie nostris diebus in quandam capella ibidem translate) (Aberdeen Calendar, 266).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Fordoun, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Palladius's Chapel
Head name
St Palladius's Chapel
Place
St Palladius's Chapel, Fordoun
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Palladius’s chapel 1792, OSA
Historic formSt Palladius’s chapel Head nameSt Palladius's Chapel PlaceSt Palladius's Chapel, Fordoun Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, vol. 4 p499 Date of citation1792 x 1792 Feature named in sourcechapel |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
St Palladius's Church 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Palladius's Church Head nameSt Palladius's Chapel PlaceSt Palladius's Chapel, Fordoun Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Saints in this place-name
Palladius, Paldy (ns) (certain)
Palladius (certain)
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