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Urquhart & Glenmoriston, parish
Grid reference
NH 515 285 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
251000 829000
Latitude
57.327362651761014
Longitude
-4.475090428653033
Nearby places
Urquhart, former parish, Urquhart & Glenmoriston (0.44 miles)
Pitkerrald, Urquhart & Glenmoristone (0.79 miles)
Kilmichael House, Urquhart & Glenmoriston (0.92 miles)
Kilmichael, eccles. Urquhart & Glenmoriston (0.92 miles)
St Ninian's Chapel, Urquhart & Glenmoriston (1.36 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Old Kilmore Church, Glen Urquhart, built in 1630 (NMRS) (possibly on the site of the medieval kirk).
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Glenmoriston, former parish, Urquhart & Glenmoriston
Relationships with other places
Contains Cladh Churadáin, eccles. Urquhart & Glenmoriston
Contains Croit Churadáin, Urquhart & Glenmoriston
Contains Croit Mo-Chrostain, Urquhart & Glenmoriston
Contains Inchconachar, Urquhart & Glenmoriston
Contains Kilmartin Farm, Urquhart & Glenmoriston
Contains Kilmartin House, Urquhart & Glenmoriston
Contains Kilmichael House, Urquhart & Glenmoriston
Contains Kilmichael, eccles. Urquhart & Glenmoriston
Contains Pitkerrald, Urquhart & Glenmoristone
Contains St Columba's Church, Urquhart & Glemoriston
Contains St Columba's Well, Urquhart & Glenmoriston
Contains St Ninian's Chapel, Urquhart & Glenmoriston
Contains St Ninian's Chapel, Urquhart & Glenmoriston
Contains St Ninians, episc. Urquhart & Glenmoriston
Contains St Ninians, settlement, Urquhart & Glenm.
Parish details
Urquhart UCX and Glenmoriston (Glenmoriston a pendicle of UCX before the Reformation).
Parish TLA
UGM
County
Inverness-shire
Medieval diocese
Moray
Parish notes
Formerly simply the parish of Urquhart, of which Glenmoriston was a pendicle until around the time of the Reformation when they became one parish. It was assigned as a prebend of his cathedral by Brice, bishopp of Moray (1208 x 1215).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Urquhart & Glenmoriston
Head name
Urquhart & Glenmoriston
Place
Urquhart & Glenmoriston, parish
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Urquhart et Glenmoreistoun 1621, RMS
Historic formUrquhart et Glenmoreistoun Head nameUrquhart & Glenmoriston PlaceUrquhart & Glenmoriston, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeProbable SourceRMS, viii no. 205 Date of citation1621 x 1621 Feature named in sourceecclesia Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984