Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Dyce, parish
Grid reference
NJ 875 154 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
387500 815400
Latitude
57.22935486708639
Longitude
-2.20706417127278
Nearby places
Chapel of St Fergus, Dyce (0 miles)
Fintray, parish ABD (0.26 miles)
St Meddan's Church, Fintray (0.26 miles)
Pitmedden House, Dyce (0.89 miles)
St Colm's Chapel, New Machar (old kirk) (1.56 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other places
Contains Chapel of St Fergus, Dyce
Contains Paulscroft, Dyce
Contains Pitmedden House, Dyce
Parish details
Dyce
Parish TLA
DYC
County
Aberdeenshire
Medieval diocese
Aberdeen
Parish notes
One of the six pendicles of KINKELL (KKL KKX), the revenues of which appear in part to have pertained to the Knights Hospitallers at Torphichen in 14th c.. The six chapels or membra closely associated with Kinkell were: Drumblade, Dyce, Kemnay, Kinnellar, Kintore and Skene, the mother church accordingly being known as a plebanus (Abdn. Reg. ii 248, 253 [where called a 'plebania']; CPL vii, 208). Any link to the Hospt. came to an end with the erection of the church and its annexed chapels into a prebend of Aberdeen cathedral in 1420 (Abdn. Reg. ii, 253). Both parsonage and vicarage continued to be annexed at the Reformation, the cure being served by a vicar pensioner maintained by the canon of Kinkell. Cowan 1967, 56. See RRS v no.107 (1316) for detailed local marches (see also under Newhills NHS).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Dyce
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Dyce
Place
Dyce, 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
Dys 1560, Assumption
Historic formDys This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameDyce PlaceDyce, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 445 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourceparish of |
Associated person or bodyKinkell parish Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
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