Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Ernan's Church, Tannadice
Grid reference
NO 475 580 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
347500 758000
Latitude
56.71087309792018
Longitude
-2.857684166704972
County
Angus
Nearby places
Oathlaw, parish, aka Finavon (1.89 miles)
Inshewan, Tannadice (1.98 miles)
St Mary's Well, Oathlaw (2.3 miles)
Fern, parish ANG (2.3 miles)
Aberlemno, parish (3.3 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
On the bank of the River South Esk, but this is not a parish boundary. Note that St Ernan's Seat also lies in this parish.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Tannadice, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Ernan's Church
Head name
St Ernan's Church
Place
St Ernan's Church, Tannadice
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Ernan's Chuch 1744, Geog. Coll. I
Historic formSt Ernan's Chuch Head nameSt Ernan's Church PlaceSt Ernan's Church, Tannadice Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. I, 287 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. I
Author
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
1 of 3
Year
1906
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