Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Tough, parish
Grid reference
NJ 615 129 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
361500 812900
Latitude
57.2054483391165
Longitude
-2.6373502575524563
Nearby places
Ladymoss, settlement Cluny ABD (1.26 miles)
Meikle Tillychaddy, Cluny (1.97 miles)
Croft of Lonenwell, Alford (2.3 miles)
St John's Close, Tullynessle (3.71 miles)
St Diaconianus' Church, Keig (3.73 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
The NGR given is for the modern parish church. There is evidence of an earlier (eighteenth-century) church here, but nothing for medieval church.
Parish TLA
TOU
County
Aberdeenshire
Medieval diocese
Aberdeen
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Tough
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Tough
Place
Tough, 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
Towch 1560, Assumption
Historic formTowch This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameTough PlaceTough, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 425 Date of citation1560 x 1570 |
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
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