Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Fordoun, parish
Grid reference
NO 726 784 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
372600 778400
Latitude
56.89630028554185
Longitude
-2.449839767362195
Nearby places
St Palladius's Chapel, Fordoun (0 miles)
St Palladius's Well, Fordoun (0.06 miles)
Paldy Fair, Fordoun (1.55 miles)
Paldyfair Wood, Fordoun (1.8 miles)
St Mary's Well, Glenbervie (2.3 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other places
Contains Paldy Fair, Fordoun
Contains Paldyfair Wood, Fordoun
Contains St Catherine's Burial Ground, Fordoun
Contains St Catherine's Burial Ground, Fordoun
Contains St Catherine's Chapel, Fordoun
Contains St Palladius's Chapel, Fordoun
Contains St Palladius's Well, Fordoun
Contains St Ringan's Cairn, Fordoun
Parish TLA
FRD
County
Kincardineshire
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Fordoun
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Fordoun
Place
Fordoun, 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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Fordune 1244, David de Bernham
Historic formFordune This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameFordoun PlaceFordoun, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDavid de Bernham Date of citation1244 x 1244 Feature named in sourceecclesia Notes on the context of this place-nameReferences to this source are derived from a photograph of the manuscript,which lists a series of church dedications carried out by Bishop David in the mid-thirteenth century. |
Source code
David de Bernham
Source title
Hec sunt ecclesie quas dedicauit Episcopus Dauid
Year
circa 1280
Notes
References to this source are derived from a photograph of the manuscript,which lists a series of church dedications carried out by Bishop David in the mid-thirteenth century.
Fordoun 1560, Assumption
Historic formFordoun This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameFordoun PlaceFordoun, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 16 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcekirk of |
Associated person or bodySt Andrews Priory 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
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