Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kingoldrum, parish
Grid reference
NO 334 550 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
333400 755000
Latitude
56.68212579365814
Longitude
-3.0872143952302267
Nearby places
St Madden's, settlement, Airlie (2.19 miles)
St Madden's Well, Airlie (2.19 miles)
Balbrydie, settlement, Kirriemuir (2.26 miles)
Chapel of St John, Baikie, Airlie (2.32 miles)
St Maddan's Church, Airlie (2.53 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other places
Contains St Meddan's Ridge, Kingoldrum
Parish details
Kingoldrum
Parish TLA
KGM
County
Angus
Medieval diocese
Brechin
Parish notes
Granted to the uses of Arbroath Abbey by Turpin bp. of Brechin 1178x98, the church had been granted to the abbey on its foundation in 1178 by King William (Arb. Lib. i nos. 1, 178, 180; ii App. no.1). Confirmations of this church continued to be made by successive bishops of Brechin till the episcopate of Bishop Albin when controversy broke out over this and other five churches, which the bishops claimed a pertaining to their mensa. This was apparently resolved in 1248 when the bishop renounced all right in these churches and a vicarage settlement followed (ibid. i nos. 185-7, 239-40, 243; RS 544, 93v). The controversy still continued however, and eventually William de Lamberton bp. of St Andrews (as arbitrator) decided in 1304 that of the 6 churches in dispute those of Caterline and Maryton should belong to the bishop of Brechin, while those of Panbride, Monikie, Dunnichen and Kingoldrum should pertain to Arbroath Abbey (Arb. Lib. i no.244; RS 544, 93v). The suits were renewed in 1461, 1467 and 1517 when the bishop of Brechin attempted once more to regain all the churches, but the agreement of 1304 appears to have been maintained, the parsonage of Kingoldrum remaining with Arbroath at the Reformation, while the cure was a vicarage perpetual (RS 615, 272; Ass. 345; Arb. Lib. ii 135-6, 543-4; RMS vi no.2075). Cowan 1967, 113.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kingoldrum
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Kingoldrum
Place
Kingoldrum, 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
Kyngoudrum 1276, SHS Misc.
Historic formKyngoudrum This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKingoldrum PlaceKingoldrum, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSHS Misc., vi, 69 Date of citation1276 x 1276 Feature named in sourcevicarius de |
Source code
SHS Misc.
Source title
The Miscellany of the Scottish History Society
Year
1893 -
Kincaldrowne 1560, Assumption
Historic formKincaldrowne This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKingoldrum PlaceKingoldrum, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 379 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcevicarage of |
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