Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Fink, eccles. Bendochy
Grid reference
NO 214 472 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
321400 747200
Latitude
56.6101983734229
Longitude
-3.280680552673544
Altitude (metres)
155
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
St Fink, settlement Bendochy (0 miles)
Tullyfergus, Bendochy (0.56 miles)
Johnshill, settlement Alyth (1.01 miles)
Rattray, parish (1.81 miles)
St Ninian's Park, Alyth (2.05 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records a chapel surrounded by a burial ground where skulls were dug up in strange circumstances (there were no bodies, and each was enclosed between four stones fitted to hold the head). There are not remains of the chapel now.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Bendochy, parish
Relationships with other places
The same as St Fink, settlement Bendochy
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Fink
Head name
St Fink
Place
St Fink, eccles. Bendochy
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Probable
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
Yes
Historic formSt Fink Head nameSt Fink PlaceSt Fink, eccles. Bendochy Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, xix, 359 Date of citation1797 x 1797 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Relationships with other place names
Is source of St Fink, St Fink, settlement Bendochy