Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Bean's Chapel, Arnprior, Kippen
Grid reference
NS 610 940 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
261000 694000
Latitude
56.11853908392321
Longitude
-4.23599236299177
County
Stirlingshire
Nearby places
Ladylands, settlement Kippen (1.45 miles)
Kippen, parish (2.59 miles)
St Mauvais' Well, Kippen (2.78 miles)
Lady's Well, Gargunnock (3.59 miles)
St Kessog's Well, Balfron (3.97 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This place is mentioned by Walter Bower in his Scotichronicon (1440 x 1447) as a chapel at Arnprior - ‘in Menteth ... Ernefrear ubi capella Sancti Beani’ (Scotichron vol. i, 190-1; Bk 2). Arnprior lies about 4 km west of the parish kirk of Kippen.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kippen, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella Sancti Beani
Head name
Capella Sancti Beani
Place
St Bean's Chapel, Arnprior, Kippen
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Capella Sancti Beani 1440, Scotichronicon
Historic formCapella Sancti Beani Head nameCapella Sancti Beani PlaceSt Bean's Chapel, Arnprior, Kippen Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceScotichronicon, Vol. 1, 190-1. Date of citation1440 x 1447 Notes on the context of this place-nameNine volumes with multiple editors, published between 1987 and 1998. |
Source code
Scotichronicon
Source title
Scotichronicon by Walter Bower in Latin and English
Editors
D. E. R. Watt et al.
Year
1440 x 1447
Notes
Nine volumes with multiple editors, published between 1987 and 1998.
Saints in this place-name
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