Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Edderton, parish
Grid reference
NH 719 842 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
271900 884200
Latitude
57.82925067960804
Longitude
-4.157347657311167
Nearby places
St David's Well, Tain (3.49 miles)
St George's Well, Logie Easter (3.54 miles)
St Mary's Well, Tain (3.61 miles)
Sanctuary of St Duthac (4 miles)
St Duthus' Church, Tain (4 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
The NGR given is for Edderton United Free Church, but this seems to be built in 1743 on the site of an earlier church, with a stone dated 1637 under the ivy at one corner.
Parish TLA
EDT
County
Ross-shire
Medieval diocese
Ross
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Edderton
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Edderton
Place
Edderton, 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
Vthercham 1274, Bag. Roll MS.
Historic formVthercham This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameEdderton PlaceEdderton, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBag. Roll MS. Date of citation1274 x 1274 Notes on the context of this place-nameMicrofilm |
Source code
Bag. Roll MS.
Source title
Bagimond's Roll: ASV Collectorie 213 (ed.)
Notes
Microfilm
Ederthayn 1274
Historic formEderthayn This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameEdderton PlaceEdderton, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1274 x 1274 approx Feature named in sourceecclesia de |
Ederthayn 1274
Historic formEderthayn This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameEdderton PlaceEdderton, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1274 x 1274 approx Feature named in sourceecclesia de |
Author
Taylor, Simon
Source title
Iona Abbots in Scottish Place-Names
Editors
Dauvit Broun and Thomas Owen Clancy
Pages
35-70
Volume
Spes Scotorum, Hope of Scots:
Year
1999
Ederthayn 1274
Historic formEderthayn This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameEdderton PlaceEdderton, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1274 x 1274 approx Feature named in sourceecclesia de |
Eddirtane 1560, Assumption
Historic formEddirtane This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameEdderton PlaceEdderton, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 651 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcekirk 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
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