Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Speymouth, modern parish
Grid reference
NJ 335 607 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
333500 860700
Latitude
57.63158165661123
Longitude
-3.1137598638754533
Nearby places
St Leonard's Well, Speymouth (0.06 miles)
Bellie, parish (1.13 miles)
St Peter's Well, Essil, Speymouth (1.69 miles)
Essil, former parish, Speymouth (1.69 miles)
St Peter's Church, Essil, Speymouth (1.69 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Dipple, former parish, Speymouth
Contains Essil, former parish, Speymouth
Relationships with other places
Contains Ladies Moss, Speymouth/Rothes
Contains St Leonard's Well, Speymouth
Contains St Peter's Church, Essil, Speymouth
Contains St Peter's Well, Essil, Speymouth
Parish TLA
SPE
County
Morayshire
Parish notes
Essil united with Dipple DIX in 1731 (and part of Urquhart) to form Speymouth SPE, and kirk moved to Speymouth.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Speymouth
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Speymouth
Place
Speymouth, modern 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
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
Map Layers
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Satellite map:
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Satellite map with labels:
Base map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA, Imagery © Mapbox
Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
