Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Alness, parish
Grid reference
NH 644 690 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
264400 869000
Latitude
57.69060441725946
Longitude
-4.274951285153693
Nearby places
Dalmore, Rosskeen (1.26 miles)
St Columba's Well, Rosskeen (1.72 miles)
Nonakiln, former parish, Rosskeen (1.76 miles)
St Ninian's Chapel, Rosskeen (1.76 miles)
Lady Flat, Alness (2.66 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Relationships with other places
Contains Carn Maire, Kincardine, Alness, Rosken
Contains Cille Mhuire, Alness, Kildermorie
Contains Cladh Churadain, eccl., Alness
Contains Cnoc Curuidan, Alness
Contains Cnoc Thuradain, relief, Alness
Contains Gleann Mhuire, glen, Alness
Contains Kildermorie Forest, Alness
Contains Kildermorie Lodge, Alness
Contains Kildermorie, settlement, Alness
Contains Lady Flat, Alness
Contains Loch Morie, Alness
Contains Tobar Mhuire, Alness, by Loch Morie
Parish details
Alness
Parish TLA
ALN
County
Ross-shire
Medieval diocese
Ross
Parish notes
‘It lies chiefly between the rivers of Alness and Aultgrande... It has two lakes, Lochglass and Lochmuire.’ [OPS ii pt 2, 472] In 1384 either the bridge or the church of Alnes was built by William Ros of Balnagown, or by his wife the daughter of Lord Livingstone’ [OPS ii pt 2, 472; from ‘Cronicle of the Earlis of Ross’]. ‘The bridge of Alnes occurs in record in 1439’ [OPS ii pt 2, 476 - Cawdor Charters]. The parsonage was probably a prebend of Ross in 1227 and was certainly so by 1445 (Mor. Reg., no.65; Register of Supplications 402, 81v; Munro Writs, no.109). Cowan 1967, 5. ‘The church appears to have always occupied the site of the present building, erected in 1780 ..on the right bank of the burn of Teaninich.’ [OPS ii pt 2, 473]. Chaplainry of Kildermorie or Tollie in parish, dedicated to BVM. [OPS ii pt 2, 473]. No changes noted in Shennan 1892.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Alness
Head name
Alness
Place
Alness, 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 the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Alenes 1227
Historic formAlenes Head nameAlness PlaceAlness, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Feature named in source(parson of the church of) |
Alenes 1227
Historic formAlenes Head nameAlness PlaceAlness, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Feature named in source(parson of the church of) |
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
Alenes 1227
Historic formAlenes Head nameAlness PlaceAlness, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Feature named in source(parson of the church of) |
Alnesse 1274
Historic formAlnesse Head nameAlness PlaceAlness, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain |
Alnesse 1274
Historic formAlnesse Head nameAlness PlaceAlness, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain |
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
Alnesse 1274
Historic formAlnesse Head nameAlness PlaceAlness, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain |
Historic formAlnes Head nameAlness PlaceAlness, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOPS, ii pt 2, 472 Feature named in source(church of) Notes on the context of this place-name3 vols., but called vols. 1 and 2, with 2 consisteing of 2 parts. See Barrow 1998, 54-5 in Taylor 1998. |
Source code
OPS
Author
C. Innes and J. Brichan
Source title
Origines Parochiales Scotiae
Series
Bannatyne Club
Volume
I & II1 & 2.
Year
1851-5
Notes
3 vols., but called vols. 1 and 2, with 2 consisteing of 2 parts. See Barrow 1998, 54-5 in Taylor 1998.