Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Andrew's Church, Dun
Grid reference
NO 667 598 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
366700 759800
Latitude
56.7288087150932
Longitude
-2.544270985272679
Altitude (metres)
40
County
Angus
Nearby places
Dun, parish (0 miles)
Ecclesjohn, former parish, Dun (1.34 miles)
St John's Church, ~eccles. Ecclesjohn, Dun (1.34 miles)
Maryton, settlement Maryton (2.44 miles)
St Mary's Well, Maryton (2.56 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dun, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Beati Andree
Head name
Ecclesia Beati Andree
Place
St Andrew's Church, Dun
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Ecclesia Beati Andree 1491, RMS
Historic formEcclesia Beati Andree Head nameEcclesia Beati Andree PlaceSt Andrew's Church, Dun Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 2044 Date of citation1491 x 1491 Feature named in sourceecclesia 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
Andrew (ns) (certain)
Andrew the apostle (certain)
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