Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Chapel, Innerpeffray, Crieff
Grid reference
NN 901 183 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
290100 718300
Latitude
56.34436407035124
Longitude
-3.778251102392954
Altitude (metres)
30
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
Dalpatrick, settlement Crieff (0.84 miles)
St Patrick's Church, Strageath, Muthill (1.18 miles)
Strageath, former parish, Muthill etc. (1.18 miles)
Wester Dalpatrick, settlement Crieff (1.29 miles)
St Cattan's Well, Muthill (2.2 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
It is situated on the north bank of the River Earn, which here forms the parish boundary. OS 6 inch 1st edn (1866) shows it in a detached part of Monzie parish. See NMRS for medieval sources mentioning this chapel, enndowed by John, Lord Drummond, a chantry which acquired collegiate form. The existing remains are sixteenth century.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Crieff, parish
Within Crieff, parish
Within Monzie, former parish, Crieff x Logiealmond (formerly)
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Ecclesia Beatae Virginis Mariae
Head name
Ecclesia Beatae Virginis Mariae
Place
St Mary's Chapel, Innerpeffray, Crieff
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
ecclesia dedicata in honore BVM 1507, RMS
Historic formecclesia dedicata in honore BVM Head nameEcclesia Beatae Virginis Mariae PlaceSt Mary's Chapel, Innerpeffray, Crieff Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 3048 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
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
St Mary's Chapel
Head name
St Mary's Chapel
Place
St Mary's Chapel, Innerpeffray, Crieff
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
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
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