Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Ruthven, parish (Angus)
Grid reference
NO 285 488 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
328500 748800
Latitude
56.625707868458406
Longitude
-3.165466854980234
Nearby places
Braideston, settlement, Airlie (2 miles)
Lady Well, Alyth (2.15 miles)
St Maddan's Church, Airlie (2.41 miles)
Airlie, parish (2.41 miles)
St Ninian's Well, Alyth (2.42 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the parish church, built in 1859 on site of medieval kirk; with medieval carved stones on site.
Parish TLA
RUV
County
Angus
Medieval diocese
Dunkeld
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ruthven
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Ruthven
Place
Ruthven, parish (Angus)
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
Riffanis 1560, Assumption
Historic formRiffanis This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameRuthven PlaceRuthven, parish (Angus) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcevicarage |
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
Historic formRuthven This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameRuthven PlaceRuthven, parish (Angus) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, xii, 290 Date of citation1791 x 1799 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
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