Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Rothiemay, parish
Grid reference
NJ 544 482 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
354400 848200
Latitude
57.521896434625646
Longitude
-2.761416221984944
Nearby places
St Durstan's Church, Rothiemay (0.62 miles)
Peter's Well, Rothiemay (0.63 miles)
St Knauchland's Kirk, Rothiemay (2.25 miles)
St Knauchland's Well, Rothiemay (2.25 miles)
St Carol's Well, Ruthven RVX, Cairnie (2.26 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Rothiemay Old Parish Church, which NMRS records (Canmore ID 17822).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Keith, parish (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Contains Peter's Well, Rothiemay
Contains St Durstan's Church, Rothiemay
Contains St Knauchland's Kirk, Rothiemay
Contains St Knauchland's Well, Rothiemay
Parish details
Rothiemay
Parish TLA
ROM
County
Banffshire
Medieval diocese
Moray
Parish notes
In origin a chapel of Rechmalrune (sic), itself a mensal church of the bps. of Moray, the church of Rothiemay was accorded parochial status by Simon II bp. of Moray 1244 x 51. The church was confirmed inits position as mensal church of the bps. of Moray by Cardinal John of St Laurence in 1254 (CPL i, 341; Vet. Mon. no. cxcii). The parsonage remained so annexed, the cure being a vicarage perpetual (Moray Reg. no. 447; Assumptions 380, 400; RSS, xxxviii, 102v). Cowan 1967, 174.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Rothiemay
Head name
Rothiemay
Place
Rothiemay, parish
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Rothemay 1560, Assumption
Historic formRothemay Head nameRothiemay PlaceRothiemay, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 466 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Associated person or bodyBishopric of Moray Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
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