Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Kessog's Church, Callander
Grid reference
NN 626 079 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
262600 707900
Latitude
56.24380705503582
Longitude
-4.2174631911368525
Nearby places
Tom ma Chisaig, Callander (0.06 miles)
Callander, parish (0.06 miles)
Leny, former parish, Callander (0.36 miles)
Kilmahog, former parish, Callander (0.95 miles)
Kilmahog, settlement, Kilmahog, Callander (0.95 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR given is for the graveyard beside Tom ma Chisaig, which according to NMRS is the site of Callander Old Parish Church. Although we have no references to this church's dedication, we have inferred it from the name of the hill beside the site of the former parish kirk, Tom ma Chisaig, and the fact that there was a fair here called Feill Mo Chessaig (NSA Feill-ma-Chessaig) in the early nineteenth century. There is also the fact that the later parish church of Callander (built in 1784, no longer functioning as a church) is called St Kessog's Church today.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Callander, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Tom ma Chisaig, Callander
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Kessog's Church
Head name
St Kessog's Church
Place
St Kessog's Church, Callander
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?
Yes
Saints in this place-name
Kessog, Mo Chessóc (ns) (certain)
Kessog (certain)