Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mo-Bheathain's Mill, Crieff
Grid reference
NN 930 280 (general (5km))
Six-figure easting & northing
293000 728000
Latitude
56.43214464009947
Longitude
-3.735309852719023
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
St Mo-Bheathan's Well, Fowlis Wester (0.22 miles)
St Methven's Chapel, Fowlis Wester (0.26 miles)
St Mo-Bheathan's Bridge, Fowlis Wester (0.26 miles)
St Bean's Church, Fowlis Wester (2.49 miles)
Fowlis Wester, parish (2.49 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Watson (1926_ suggests that Pont's Haly Mill (which gives the above NGR) is the same place as Molendinum Sanct Mavane (RMS iii no. 2831).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Crieff, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Methven's Chapel, Fowlis Wester
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Haly Mill
Head name
Haly Mill
Place
St Mo-Bheathain's Mill, Crieff
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Historic formHaly Mill Head nameHaly Mill PlaceSt Mo-Bheathain's Mill, Crieff Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourcePont MS, Lower Glenalmond etc. Date of citation1583 x 1596 Notes on the context of this place-nameAlso printed in Stone 1989. Originals held by NLS; these have all been digitised and can be consulted in the NLS Map Library; also on the web. |
Source code
Pont MS
Author
Timothy Pont
Source title
Pont Manuscript
Year
1590x1610
Notes
Also printed in Stone 1989. Originals held by NLS; these have all been digitised and can be consulted in the NLS Map Library; also on the web.
Molendinum Sanct Mavane
Head name
Molendinum Sanct Mavane
Place
St Mo-Bheathain's Mill, Crieff
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Molendinum Sanct Mavane 1542, RMS
Historic formMolendinum Sanct Mavane Head nameMolendinum Sanct Mavane PlaceSt Mo-Bheathain's Mill, Crieff Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 2832 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984