Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Alves, parish
Grid reference
NJ 134 629 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
313400 862900
Latitude
57.64792659220317
Longitude
-3.4510791947432518
Nearby places
Mary Kirk, eccles. Alves (0 miles)
Inchbrock, eccles, Spynie (2.51 miles)
Kintray, former parish, Spynie (2.51 miles)
Kilbuiack, settlement, Alves (2.85 miles)
Pluscarden, former parish, Elgin (3.33 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for the Old Parish Church (Mary Kirk) (NNMRS, Canmore ID: 16275).
Relationships with other places
Contains Kilbuiack, settlement, Alves
Contains Mary Kirk, eccles. Alves
Parish details
Alves
Parish TLA
AVS
County
Morayshire
Medieval diocese
Moray
Parish notes
The church was assigned, together with the church of Lhanbryd, to the chanter of Moray, by Bp. Brice 1208x15 (Moray Reg. no.46). Both parsonage and vicarage pertained, the cure being served by a vicar pensioner (Ass. 480). Cowan 1967, 6.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Alves
Head name
Alves
Place
Alves, parish
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Alves 1561, Assumption
Historic formAlves Head nameAlves PlaceAlves, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 480 Feature named in sourcevicar pensionar 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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