Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Pitcairn, former parish, Redgorton
Grid reference
NO 066 261 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
306600 726100
Latitude
56.41796640827926
Longitude
-3.5141621360347854
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
St Serf's Church, Pitcairn, Redgorton (0 miles)
St Conwall's Well, Tibbermore (0.78 miles)
St Peter's Chapel, Tibbermore (1.17 miles)
Redgorton, parish (1.72 miles)
Tibbermore, settlement Tibbermore (1.81 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for St Serf's Church, on the east bank of the River Almond, 650 metres south of OS Pitcairn Green. There are no remains, but the place is still used for burials in the nineteenth century (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Redgorton, parish
Parish TLA
PXN
Medieval diocese
Dunkeld
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Pitcairn
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Pitcairn
Place
Pitcairn, former parish, Redgorton
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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