Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Tarves, parish
Grid reference
NJ 869 311 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
386900 831100
Latitude
57.37038379719006
Longitude
-2.2178352375818307
Nearby places
Tanglan's Well, Tarves (0 miles)
St John's Chapel, Ythsie, Tarves (1.12 miles)
St John's Chapel, Shethin, Tarves (1.32 miles)
St Ninian's Chapel, Methlick (2.34 miles)
Auchnieve, settlement Tarves (2.62 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Tarves old parish kirk.
Relationships with other places
Contains Auchnieve, settlement Tarves
Contains Barthol Chapel, settlement Tarves
Contains Gilmorton, settlement Udny
Contains Oldtownleys, Tarves
Contains St Bartholomew's Chapel, Tarves
Contains St John's Chapel, Shethin, Tarves
Contains St John's Chapel, Shethin, Tarves
Contains St John's Chapel, Ythsie, Tarves
Contains St John's Chapel, Ythsie, Tarves
Contains St John's Well, Tarves
Contains Tanglan's Well, Tarves
Contains Tangland Bridge, Tarves
Contains Tangland Ford, ford Tarves
Contains Tanglandford, settlement Tarves
Contains Tanglandmuir Wood, Tarves
Parish TLA
TAR
County
Aberdeenshire
Medieval diocese
Aberdeen
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Tarves
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Tarves
Place
Tarves, 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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formTarueys This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameTarves PlaceTarves, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 318 Date of citation1189 x 1195 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Terves 1561, Assumption
Historic formTerves This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameTarves PlaceTarves, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 359 Date of citation1561 x 1561 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Associated person or bodyArbroath Abbey Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
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
Place-name data
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