Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Church, Bervie
Grid reference
NO 830 725 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
383000 772500
Latitude
56.843790347396066
Longitude
-2.278706086442865
Altitude (metres)
20
County
Kincardineshire
Nearby places
Bervie, parish (0.06 miles)
St Martin's Land, Bervie (0.31 miles)
Kinneff & Catterline, modern parish (1.55 miles)
Kinneff, former parish, K & Catterline (2.06 miles)
St Arnty's Well, Kinneff & Catterline (2.1 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The vennel of the church (ecclesia) is mentioned in 1350 x 1360 in a charter by Thomas son of John, to John of Rate, of land in the burgh of Inverbervie. It is referred to as an 'ecclesia' rather than a 'capella', in spite of the fact that Cowan (1926, 87) states that it was merely a chapel of Kinneff until after the Reformation.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Bervie, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sanctae Mariae
Head name
Ecclesia Sanctae Mariae
Place
St Mary's Church, Bervie
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Ecclesie Sancte Marie 1360, SHS Misc.
Historic formEcclesie Sancte Marie Head nameEcclesia Sanctae Mariae PlaceSt Mary's Church, Bervie Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSHS Misc., v, 17 Date of citation1360 x 1370 |
Source code
SHS Misc.
Source title
The Miscellany of the Scottish History Society
Year
1893 -