Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Airth, parish
Grid reference
NS 900 868 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
290000 686800
Latitude
56.06143466731623
Longitude
-3.7668100443023143
Nearby places
Lady Well, Airth (0.22 miles)
St Andrew's Chapel, (episc), Airth (1.47 miles)
Bothkennar, former parish, Grangemouth (2.12 miles)
Tulliallan, parish (2.18 miles)
Bothkennar, ~eccles. BKX now Grangemouth (2.36 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for Airth Old Parish Church. NMRS notes that the earliest part of the church here dates to the later twelftth century. Canmore ID: 48068.
Relationships with other places
Contains Lady Well, Airth
Contains St Andrew's Chapel, (episc), Airth
Parish details
Airth
Parish TLA
AIH
County
Stirlingshire
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Parish notes
The church of Hereth was granted to Holyrood by David I and confirmed by Bp. Robert of St A. c.1130 (Holyrood Liber nos. 1-2 [also no.5 = ESC nos. 92-3]. A vicarage settlement took place in 1275, the parsonage thereafter remaining with the abbey (ibid. no.75; Ass. 104v, 163-4; Airth Writs nos. 26, 49). Cowan 1967, 5. No change in medieval boundaries. See Reid 1993, esp. maps pp.80, 82, 84; see also ibid. 87.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Airth
Head name
Airth
Place
Airth, 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
Historic formEreth Head nameAirth PlaceAirth, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceESC, no. 92 Date of citation1128 x 1132 Feature named in sourceecclesiam de |
Source code
ESC
Source title
Early Scottish Charters prior to 1153
Editors
A.C. Lawrie
Year
1905
Hereth 1141, David I Chrs.
Historic formHereth Head nameAirth PlaceAirth, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDavid I Chrs., no. 147 Date of citation1141 x 1147 Feature named in sourceecclesiam de |
Source code
David I Chrs.
Source title
The Charters of David I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Secondary Title
The Written Acts of David I King of Scots, 1124-53, and of his son Henry, Earl of Northumberland, 1139-52
Year
1999
Historic formHeret Head nameAirth PlaceAirth, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no.39 Date of citation1165 x 1166 Feature named in sourceecclesiam de |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
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