Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Strowan, former parish, Monzievaird & Strowan
Grid reference
NN 820 212 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
282000 721200
Latitude
56.368457648390574
Longitude
-3.910537065693203
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
St Ronan's Church, Strowan (0 miles)
St Ronan's Well, Monzievaird & Strowan (0.09 miles)
Pool Ronan, Monzievaird & Strowan (0.14 miles)
Knock Mary, Muthill (1.55 miles)
St Serf's Water, Monzievaird (1.98 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the church site on the south bank of R. Earn, an early post-reformation building probably on the site of its medieval predecessor (CORPUS).
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Contains Pool Ronan, Monzievaird & Strowan
Contains St Ronan's Church, Strowan
Parish details
Strowan part of Monzievaird MZX & Strowan MZS
Parish TLA
STX
Medieval diocese
Dunblane
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Strowan
Head name
Strowan
Place
Strowan, former parish, Monzievaird & Strowan
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Struuin 1195, Inchaffray Chrs.
Historic formStruuin Head nameStrowan PlaceStrowan, former parish, Monzievaird & Strowan Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceInchaffray Chrs., no. 10 Date of citation1195 x 1205 Feature named in sourceMalisius persona de |
Source code
Inchaffray Chrs.
Source title
Charters, Bulls & Other Documents relating to the Abbey of Inchaffray
Series
Scottish History Society
Year
1908
Struy 1282, Inchaffray Chrs.
Historic formStruy Head nameStrowan PlaceStrowan, former parish, Monzievaird & Strowan Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceInchaffray Chrs., no. 112 Date of citation1282 x 1283 Feature named in sourceecclesi[a] de |
Source code
Inchaffray Chrs.
Source title
Charters, Bulls & Other Documents relating to the Abbey of Inchaffray
Series
Scottish History Society
Year
1908
Historic formStrowan Head nameStrowan PlaceStrowan, former parish, Monzievaird & Strowan Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, Vol. 8 p567 Date of citation1793 x 1793 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
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