Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Essil, former parish, Speymouth
Grid reference
NJ 339 634 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
333900 863400
Latitude
57.65589105303405
Longitude
-3.10780049927374
County
Morayshire
Nearby places
St Peter's Well, Essil, Speymouth (0 miles)
St Peter's Church, Essil, Speymouth (0 miles)
St Leonard's Well, Speymouth (1.63 miles)
Speymouth, modern parish (1.69 miles)
Bellie, parish (1.72 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
United with Dipple and part of Urquhart in 1731, to form the parish of Speymouth.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Speymouth, modern parish
Relationships with other places
Contains St Peter's Church, Essil, Speymouth
Contains St Peter's Well, Essil, Speymouth
Parish details
Essil now part of Speymouth SPE
Parish TLA
ESX
Medieval diocese
Moray
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Essil
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Essil
Place
Essil, former parish, Speymouth
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Place-name data
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Satellite map with labels:
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
