Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Maddan's Church, Airlie
Grid reference
NO 313 515 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
331300 751500
Latitude
56.65038120305574
Longitude
-3.120555103526174
County
Angus
Nearby places
Airlie, parish (0 miles)
St Madden's, settlement, Airlie (0.35 miles)
St Madden's Well, Airlie (0.35 miles)
Chapel of St John, Baikie, Airlie (1 miles)
Ruthven, parish (Angus) (2.41 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Airlie, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sancti Medani
Head name
Ecclesia Sancti Medani
Place
St Maddan's Church, Airlie
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Ecclesiam Sancti Medani 1221, King 1976
Historic formEcclesiam Sancti Medani Head nameEcclesia Sancti Medani PlaceSt Maddan's Church, Airlie Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceKing 1976, no. 3 (p. 57) Date of citation1221 x 1221 Feature named in sourceChurch Notes on the context of this place-namePublishes a set of douments relating to Coupar Angus, the church of Airlie, and the pension to the annual Cistercian Chapter. |
Associated person or bodyPope Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
King 1976
Author
Peter King
Source title
‘Coupar Angus and Cîteaux’
Journal
Innes Review
Pages
49-69
Volume
27
Year
1976
Notes
Publishes a set of douments relating to Coupar Angus, the church of Airlie, and the pension to the annual Cistercian Chapter.
Relationships with other place names
Is source of St Madden's, St Madden's, settlement, Airlie
Place-name data
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