Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Sanct Alexanders Cuthill, Dunipace
Grid reference
NS 829 829 (general (1km))
Six-figure easting & northing
282900 682900
Latitude
56.02472484713645
Longitude
-3.8790789858773973
Nearby places
St Alchenter's Well, Dunipace (0.22 miles)
St Alchenter's Chapel, Dunipace (0.37 miles)
Dunipace, parish (0.59 miles)
Denny, modern parish (1.12 miles)
Larbert, parish (1.73 miles)
Object Classification
Vegetation
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
It is linked to 'the lands of St Alexander's Chapel' (q.v.)(terris capellae Sancti Alexandri) commonly called Kirklands in Retours (STL) no. 354 in 1582, both being part of the barony of Herbertshire.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dunipace, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Alchenter's Well, Dunipace
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Sanct Alexanders Cuthill
Head name
Sanct Alexanders Cuthill
Place
Sanct Alexanders Cuthill, Dunipace
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Sanct Alexanders Cuthill 1582, Retours
Historic formSanct Alexanders Cuthill Head nameSanct Alexanders Cuthill PlaceSanct Alexanders Cuthill, Dunipace Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRetours, STL no. 354 Date of citation1582 x 1582 |
Source code
Retours
Source title
Inquisitionum ad Capellam Domini regis Retornatarum .. Abbreviatio
Editors
T. Thomson
Volume
i-iii
Year
1811-16
Saints in this place-name
Alexander, Alchenter (ns) (certain)
Alexander, Scottish prince (maybe)
Alchenter (maybe)
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