Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Church, Scotlandwell, Portmoak
Grid reference
NO 185 015 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
318500 701500
Latitude
56.19919046293083
Longitude
-3.3136988128083975
Altitude (metres)
115
Nearby places
St Thomas's Hospital, Portmoak (0.06 miles)
St John's Well, Portmoak (0.81 miles)
Portmoak, settlement Portmoak (0.86 miles)
Portmoak, parish, aka Kirkness (0.86 miles)
Portmoak, eccles. Portmoak (0.86 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This church is attested as having been attached to St Thomas's Hospital, Portmoak. See Taylor 2017, 539-41 for discussion of the site and its history.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Beatae Mariae Virginis
Head name
Ecclesia Beatae Mariae Virginis
Place
St Mary's Church, Scotlandwell, Portmoak
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Ecclesie beate marie virginis 1244, NAS
Historic formEcclesie beate marie virginis Head nameEcclesia Beatae Mariae Virginis PlaceSt Mary's Church, Scotlandwell, Portmoak Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceNAS, RH6/36a Date of citation1244 approx x 1244 approx |
Source code
NAS
Source title
National Archives
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
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Modern OS map:
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