Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Rhynie, parish
Grid reference
NJ 497 271 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
349700 827100
Latitude
57.331863216112886
Longitude
-2.835556821333311
Nearby places
St Luag's Church, Rhynie (0 miles)
St Mary's Church, episc. Rhynie ARK (0.37 miles)
Kearn, former parish, Auchindoir & Kearn (1.1 miles)
Cloch Maluidh, Rhynie (1.43 miles)
Auchindoir, parish (1.78 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the kirk of Rhynie, the present building built 1823, but there is a twelfth-century font at the entry and Pictish stones on the green opposite the kirk (NMRS), suggesting that this is an ancient kirk-site.
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Essie, former parish, Rhynie
Relationships with other places
Contains Cloch Maluidh, Rhynie
Contains Maiden Hillock, Rhynie
Contains St Luag's Church, Rhynie
Contains St Luag's Church, Rhynie
Parish TLA
RYN
County
Aberdeenshire
Medieval diocese
Moray
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Rhynie
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Rhynie
Place
Rhynie, parish
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
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
Ryne 1560, Assumption
Historic formRyne This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameRhynie PlaceRhynie, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 486 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourceparsonage |
Source code
Assumption
Source title
The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation
Editors
J. Kirk
Series
Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21
Year
1995
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