Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Clova, former parish, Cortachy and Clova
Grid reference
NO 326 729 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
332600 772900
Latitude
56.84280643520781
Longitude
-3.1049844045544774
Nearby places
Inchbruthie, Kirriemuir (3.81 miles)
Braeminzion, Lethnot & Navar (4.46 miles)
Bride's Bed, Lochlee (5.83 miles)
Bride's Coggie, Cortachy & Clova (6.09 miles)
Bodleckmartine Burn, Glenisla (6.14 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Cortachy Old Parish Church.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Cortachy & Clova, modern parish (formerly)
Parish details
Clova part of Cortachy and Clova COC, formerly a chapel part of Glamis GLA (Cowan 1967, 32) until after the Reformation.
Parish TLA
CXV
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Parish notes
Clova became a parish, and then Cortachy and Clova were united, all after the Reformation. Before the Reformation Clova was a chapel of Glamis, StA Angu. See Arb. Lib. ii no.296, RMS vi no.2075 etc.. Cowan 1967, 32.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Clova
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Clova
Place
Clova, former parish, Cortachy and Clova
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
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
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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