Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Stracathro, parish
Grid reference
NO 617 657 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
361700 765700
Latitude
56.781431427068696
Longitude
-2.626870541861772
Nearby places
St Martin's Chapel, Fettercairn (1.68 miles)
Inglismaldie, ~eccles. Marykirk (1.75 miles)
Inglismaldie, settlement, Marykirk (1.75 miles)
Pert, former modern parish, Logie-Pert (1.99 miles)
Dunlappie, former parish, Stracathro (2.11 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the parish kirk, built 1799 on the site of a medieval predecessor. See NMRS for further details of the church and associated archaeology.
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Dunlappie, former parish, Stracathro
Parish TLA
STC
County
Angus
Medieval diocese
Brechin
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Stracathro
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Stracathro
Place
Stracathro, 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
Strickathrow 1792, OSA
Historic formStrickathrow This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameStracathro PlaceStracathro, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, vol. 4 p209 Date of citation1792 x 1792 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
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