Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Foveran, parish
Grid reference
NJ 984 241 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
398400 824100
Latitude
57.30768272702318
Longitude
-2.026560510840182
Nearby places
St Peter's Well, Foveran (1 miles)
Chapel of the Holy Rood, Foveran (1.45 miles)
Cowstane Hirst, Foveran (1.55 miles)
Forvie, former parish, Slains (2.72 miles)
St Adomnán's Church, Forvie, Slains (2.72 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Foveran Church, built 1794, but contains medieval carved stones (NMRS).
Relationships with other places
Contains Chapel of the Holy Rood, Foveran
Contains Cowstane Hirst, Foveran
Contains St Peter's Well, Foveran
Parish details
Foveran (Aberdeen, Buchan). Granted to Deer by Robert I, both parsonage and vicarage remained annexed at the Reformation, while a pension from its fruits was also payable to the common fund of the canons of Aberdeen cathedral. I B Cowan 1967.
Parish TLA
FOV
County
Aberdeenshire
Medieval diocese
Aberdeen
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Foveran
Foverne 1560, Assumption
Historic formFoverne Head nameFoveran PlaceFoveran, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 458 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourceparish of |
Associated person or bodyDeer Abbey (Cist.) 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
Historic formFouerne Head nameFoveran PlaceFoveran, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i, App. 2, no. 23 Date of citation1622 x 1632 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Associated person or bodyDeer Abbey (Cist.) Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
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