Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Dunlappie, former parish, Stracathro
Grid reference
NO 591 679 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
359100 767900
Latitude
56.80097513010593
Longitude
-2.6697747031538688
County
Angus
Nearby places
Edzell, parish (0.75 miles)
St Lawrence's Well, Edzell (0.92 miles)
Lady Well, Menmuir (1.17 miles)
St Martin's Chapel, Fettercairn (1.58 miles)
Kilgarie, settlement Menmuir (2.05 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for the former parish church of Dunlappie. It lies right on the parish boundary, here formed by a river (West Water), with Edzell to the east. It is beside the old ford across the river (now a bridge; near to an island mid-river) and Prieston (settlement) beside it (OS Digimap).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Stracathro, parish
Parish details
Dunlappie now part of Strathcathro
Parish TLA
DXL
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Parish notes
The parsonage, which in the mid 15th c. lay within the patronage of the earls of Angus, as lords of Abernethy and earls of Rothes, per vices, continued as an independent benefice in the patronage of the latter in the 16th c. (RS, 665, 273; RMS iii no. 315, Thirds of Benefices, 11). Cowan 1967, 53.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Dunlappie
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Dunlappie
Place
Dunlappie, former parish, Stracathro
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Dunlopyn’ 1250, Dunf. Reg.
Historic formDunlopyn’ This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameDunlappie PlaceDunlappie, former parish, Stracathro Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDunf. Reg., no.313 p.210 Date of citation1250 x 1259 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