Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Church, Coupar Angus
Grid reference
NO 223 398 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
322300 739800
Latitude
56.54387628706753
Longitude
-3.2638008660417697
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
Coupar Angus, parish (0 miles)
St Anne's Church, episc. Coupar Angus (0.25 miles)
Kettins, parish (1 miles)
Bendochy, parish (1.04 miles)
St Ninian's Acre, Coupar (1.81 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This is the church of the Cistercian monastery of Coupar.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Coupar Angus, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Beate Marie
Head name
Ecclesia Beate Marie
Place
St Mary's Church, Coupar Angus
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Sancte Marie de Cupro 1161, RRS i
Historic formSancte Marie de Cupro Head nameEcclesia Beate Marie PlaceSt Mary's Church, Coupar Angus Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS i, no. 226 Date of citation1161 x 1162 Feature named in sourceabbey |
Source code
RRS i
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum
Editors
G.W.S.Barrow
Secondary Title
The Acts of Malcolm IV 1153- 1165
Volume
i
Year
1960
Beate Marie 1171, Coupar Angus Chrs.
Historic formBeate Marie Head nameEcclesia Beate Marie PlaceSt Mary's Church, Coupar Angus Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceCoupar Angus Chrs., i, no. 2 Date of citation1171 x 1178 |
Source code
Coupar Angus Chrs.
Source title
Charters of the Abbey of Coupar Angus
Editors
D. E. Easson
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
2 vols.
Year
1947
Ecclesie Beate Marie 1201, Coupar Angus Chrs.
Historic formEcclesie Beate Marie Head nameEcclesia Beate Marie PlaceSt Mary's Church, Coupar Angus Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceCoupar Angus Chrs., i, no. 11 Date of citation1201 x 1201 |
Source code
Coupar Angus Chrs.
Source title
Charters of the Abbey of Coupar Angus
Editors
D. E. Easson
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
2 vols.
Year
1947
Ecclesie Beate Marie 1203, Coupar Angus Chrs.
Historic formEcclesie Beate Marie Head nameEcclesia Beate Marie PlaceSt Mary's Church, Coupar Angus Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceCoupar Angus Chrs., i, no. 14 Date of citation1203 x 1210 |
Source code
Coupar Angus Chrs.
Source title
Charters of the Abbey of Coupar Angus
Editors
D. E. Easson
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
2 vols.
Year
1947
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
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