Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Forres, parish
Grid reference
NJ 035 588 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
303500 858800
Latitude
57.6090981018744
Longitude
-3.6152577027161383
Nearby places
St Laurence's Church, Forres (0 miles)
St Leonard's Chapel, Forres (0.89 miles)
Moy, former parish MOR, Dyke & Moy (1.39 miles)
Dalvey, settlement, Dyke & Moy (1.99 miles)
St Ninian's Croft, Dyke and Moy (2.06 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for St Lawrence Parish Church, recorded thus by NMRS: (NJ 0356 5887) St Laurence Church at Forres stands on the site of St Laurence's Chapel, built by King Alexander III in 1275 in memory of Queen Margaret. It is said to have been burnt by the Wolf of Badenoch in 1390 and re-erected immediately afterwards. R Douglas 1934. The ancient parish kirk of St Laurence persisted until 1775. R G Cant 1948 The present Parish Church of St Laurence, dedicated in 1906 (Jubilee in 1956 (information from Rev W P Wishart)) is still in use as a place of public worship. Nothing remains of the earlier buildings. Visited by OS (RDL) 17 September 1963.
Relationships with other places
Contains St Laurence's Church, Forres
Contains St Leonard's Chapel, Forres
Contains Wester Lawrenceton, Forres
Parish TLA
FRS
County
Morayshire
Medieval diocese
Moray
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Forres
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Forres
Place
Forres, 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
Historic formForeys This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameForres PlaceForres, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 360 Date of citation1189 x 1195 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Associated person or bodyWilliam I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Fores 1560, Assumption
Historic formFores This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameForres PlaceForres, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 487 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcekirk and parsonage |
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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