Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Fowlis Wester, parish
Grid reference
NN 928 240 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
292800 724000
Latitude
56.39617520595814
Longitude
-3.7369138216133346
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
St Bean's Church, Fowlis Wester (0 miles)
St John's monastery, Inchaffray, Madderty (1.81 miles)
Madderty, parish (1.85 miles)
St Ethernán's Church, Madderty (1.85 miles)
Auchilhanzie, Fowlis Wester (1.92 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Relationships with other parishes
Within Logiealmond, modern parish
part of
Within Logiealmond, modern parish
part of
Relationships with other places
Contains Auchilhanzie, Fowlis Wester
Contains Milquhanzie Hill, Fowlis Wester
Contains St Bean's Church, Fowlis Wester
Contains St Bean's Church, Fowlis Wester
Contains St Methven's Chapel, Fowlis Wester
Contains St Methven's Chapel, Fowlis Wester
Contains St Mo-Bheathan's Bridge, Fowlis Wester
Contains St Mo-Bheathan's Well, Fowlis Wester
Parish details
Granted to Inchaffray by Gilbert, earl of Strathearn.
Parish TLA
FOW
County
Perthshire
Medieval diocese
Dunblane
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Fowlis Wester
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Fowlis Wester
Place
Fowlis Wester, 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
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
