Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Strachan, parish
Grid reference
NO 674 922 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
367400 792200
Latitude
57.01994260232476
Longitude
-2.5369868448036854
Nearby places
St Ternan's Well, well, Strachan (2.3 miles)
St Ternan's Well, settlement, Strachan (2.3 miles)
St Ternan's Church, episc. Banchory Ternan (2.5 miles)
St Ternan's Well, Banchory Ternan (2.73 miles)
Inchmarlo, Banchory Ternan (2.8 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Strachan Church, on north bank of Water of Feugh, a nineteenth-century building but apparently on medieval kirk site (NMRS).
Relationships with other places
Contains St Ternan's Well, settlement, Strachan
Contains St Ternan's Well, well, Strachan
Parish details
Strachan
Parish TLA
SCN
County
Kincardineshire
Medieval diocese
Brechin
Parish notes
Both parsonage and vicarage were annexed to the archdeaconry of Brechin before 1274. This union continued, the cure being served by a vicar pensioner (Bag. p.52; Brech. Reg. ii no.38; Ass. 345v; APS vii, 592a). Cowan 1967, 189.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Strachan
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Strachan
Place
Strachan, 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
Straquhain 1560, Assumption
Historic formStraquhain This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameStrachan PlaceStrachan, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 380 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcekirk |
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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