Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Benvie, former parish (Liff & Benvie)
Grid reference
NO 329 314 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
332900 731400
Latitude
56.47004893157094
Longitude
-3.089262562988723
County
Angus
Nearby places
Liff & Benvie, parish (0.9 miles)
Liff, former parish, Liff & Benvie (0.9 miles)
Fowlis Easter, parish (1.32 miles)
St Marnock's Church, Fowlis Easter (1.32 miles)
Carmichael, settlement Longforgan (1.49 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for the medieval church site, OS maps 'Benvie Church'.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Liff & Benvie, parish
Parish details
Benvie part of Liff LIX and Benvie LIB
Parish TLA
BVX
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Parish notes
A parsonage in Bag., the patronage of the church was held from 1293 by the Scrymgeours of Dundee, who in that year received a feu of the lands of Benvie and Balrudrie from William de Maule of Panmure, in whose family the superiority continued (Panmure Reg. 152-165; Scrymgeour Inventory nos. 1, 16, 17, 21, 35, 36, 46, 50). Cowan 1967, 16-17.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Benvie
Head name
Benvie
Place
Benvie, former parish (Liff & Benvie)
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Banevyn' 1250, Dunf. Reg.
Historic formBanevyn' Head nameBenvie PlaceBenvie, former parish (Liff & Benvie) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDunf. Reg., no.313, p.209 Feature named in sourceecclesia de |
Source code
Dunf. Reg.
Source title
Registrum de Dunfermelyn
Editors
C. Innes [though not named]
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1842
Baneuy 1321, Coupar Angus Chrs.
Historic formBaneuy Head nameBenvie PlaceBenvie, former parish (Liff & Benvie) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceCoupar Angus Chrs., I no.102 Feature named in sourcerectorem ecclesie de |
Source code
Coupar Angus Chrs.
Source title
Charters of the Abbey of Coupar Angus
Editors
D. E. Easson
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
2 vols.
Year
1947
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