Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Our Lady's Hermitage, Menmuir
Grid reference
NO 560 660 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
356000 766000
Latitude
56.78362298389311
Longitude
-2.720208411390741
County
Angus
Nearby places
Kilgarie, settlement Menmuir (0.25 miles)
Lady Well, Menmuir (1.43 miles)
St Mary's Well, Lethnot & Naver (1.72 miles)
Lethnot, former parish, Lethnot & Navar (1.84 miles)
St Mary's Church, Lethnot, Lethnot & Navar STOP (1.84 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Menmuir, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Hermitage Nostrae Dominae Mariae
Head name
Hermitage Nostrae Dominae Mariae
Place
Our Lady's Hermitage, Menmuir
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Hermitage Nostre Domine Marie 1546, RMS
Historic formHermitage Nostre Domine Marie Head nameHermitage Nostrae Dominae Mariae PlaceOur Lady's Hermitage, Menmuir Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 3220 Date of citation1546 x 1546 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
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Lady, Our Lady (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
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