Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Tullyfergus, Bendochy
Grid reference
NO 210 480 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
321000 748000
Latitude
56.617317205962586
Longitude
-3.2874406871678383
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
St Fink, settlement Bendochy (0.56 miles)
St Fink, eccles. Bendochy (0.56 miles)
Johnshill, settlement Alyth (0.96 miles)
Rattray, parish (1.93 miles)
Alyth, parish (2.15 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This settlement is divided into East Tullyfergus and West Tullyfergus. Both farms are on the eastern slope of a hill which rises to 280 m, possibly the eponymous 'tulach'.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Tullyfergus
Head name
Tullyfergus
Place
Tullyfergus, Bendochy
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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
Saints in this place-name
Fergus (ns) (doubtful)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
