Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Oyne, parish
Grid reference
NJ 681 257 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
368100 825700
Latitude
57.32094453685361
Longitude
-2.5297440093152916
Nearby places
St Ninian's Chapel, Oyne (0.06 miles)
Petmathen, settlement Oyne (0.73 miles)
Chapel of Garioch, parish, aka Logie Durno (1.47 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Chapel of Garioch (2.39 miles)
Premnay, parish (2.44 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
The NGR is for 'St Ninian's Chapel', in Kirkton of Oyne, of which no remains now survive, having been removed in the nineteenth century (NMRS).
Relationships with other places
Contains Petmathen, settlement Oyne
Contains St Ninian's Chapel, Oyne
Parish TLA
OYN
County
Aberdeenshire
Medieval diocese
Aberdeen
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Oyne
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Oyne
Place
Oyne, parish
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
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?
No
Owyn 1560, Assumption
Historic formOwyn This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameOyne PlaceOyne, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 428 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourceparsonage and vicarage |
Source code
Assumption
Source title
The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation
Editors
J. Kirk
Series
Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21
Year
1995