Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Church, Maryton (Old Montrose)
Grid reference
NO 683 560 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
368300 756000
Latitude
56.69477962239619
Longitude
-2.517652009469181
Altitude (metres)
10
County
Angus
Nearby places
St Mary's Well, Maryton (0 miles)
Maryton, parish, alias Old Montrose (0 miles)
Maryton, settlement Maryton (0.22 miles)
Craig, parish (aka Inchbrayock) (1.67 miles)
St Braoch's Church, Inchbraoch/Craig, Montrose (1.67 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The church stands on the north-eastern boundary of Maryton parish, where it marches with Craig parish. NMRS records this as the parish church built in 1791 on or near the site of its predecessor. A fine heraldic slab (c.1530) is in the vestry. St Mary's Well is in the immediate vicinity.
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Maryton, settlement Maryton
Adjacent St Mary's Well, Maryton
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sanctae Mariae
Head name
Ecclesia Sanctae Mariae
Place
St Mary's Church, Maryton (Old Montrose)
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Ecclesiam Sancte Marie 1178, RRS ii
Historic formEcclesiam Sancte Marie Head nameEcclesia Sanctae Mariae PlaceSt Mary's Church, Maryton (Old Montrose) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 197 Date of citation1178 x 1178 |
Associated person or bodyWilliam I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Ecclesiam Sancte Marie 1213, RRS ii
Historic formEcclesiam Sancte Marie Head nameEcclesia Sanctae Mariae PlaceSt Mary's Church, Maryton (Old Montrose) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 513 Date of citation1213 x 1213 Feature named in sourceecclesia |
Associated person or bodyWilliam I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
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