Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Fintry, parish STL
Grid reference
NS 826 861 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
282600 686100
Latitude
56.053390108213684
Longitude
-3.885291166253401
Nearby places
Dunipace, parish (1.84 miles)
Sanct Alexanders Cuthill, Dunipace (2 miles)
St Alchenter's Chapel, Dunipace (2 miles)
St Alchenter's Well, Dunipace (2.11 miles)
Denny, modern parish (2.31 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for Fintry Old Parish Church, built in 1823 on the site of earlier kirks. "There is at least one pre-Reformation graveslab in the burial ground" (NMRS).
Relationships with other places
Contains Balhennan, settlement Fintry
Contains Balhennan, settlement Fintry
Contains Kilewnan Burn, Fintry/Killearn
Contains Kilunan, ~eccles, Fintry
Contains Kilunan, settlement Fintry
Contains Kilunan, settlement Fintry
Contains Kilunan, settlement Fintry
Parish details
Fintray
Parish TLA
FTY
County
Stirlingshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Fintry
Head name
Fintry
Place
Fintry, parish STL
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
Fyntre 1208, Glas. Reg.
Historic formFyntre Head nameFintry PlaceFintry, parish STL Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGlas. Reg., i no. 103 Date of citation1208 x 1214 Feature named in sourceparochia de |
Source code
Glas. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Episcopatus Glasguense
Place-name data
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