Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Weem, parish
Grid reference
NN 842 497 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
284200 749700
Latitude
56.62493641140064
Longitude
-3.887612115105568
Nearby places
St David's Well, Weem (0.12 miles)
Balhomais, Dull (1.19 miles)
Killiechassie, eccles. Weem (1.35 miles)
Killiechassie, settlement, Weem (1.35 miles)
Kammer-awnan, setlement, Dull (2.03 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for the late medieval church, abandoned circa 1820. Now it serves as a mausoleum for the Menzies family.
Relationships with other places
Contains Killiechassie, eccles. Weem
Contains Killiechassie, settlement, Weem
Contains St David's Well, Weem
Parish TLA
WEE
County
Perthshire
Medieval diocese
Dunkeld
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Weem
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Weem
Place
Weem, 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
Weyme 1560, Assumption
Historic formWeyme This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameWeem PlaceWeem, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 318 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcekirk |
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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