Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Glengairn, former parish, GTG
Grid reference
NO 352 970 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
335200 797000
Latitude
57.059662125961076
Longitude
-3.0685433109768683
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
St Mungo's Chapel, Glengairn (0 miles)
St Mungo's Well, Glengairn, GTG (0.14 miles)
Glenmuick Tullich & Glengairn (1.25 miles)
St Nachalan's Well, GTG (1.28 miles)
Glenmuick, former parish, GTG (1.59 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Site of a church built in 18th century, thought to be on site of earlier chapel/church of St Mungo (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Contains St Mungo's Chapel, Glengairn
Contains St Mungo's Well, Glengairn, GTG
Parish details
Glengairn formerly Abergairn a chapel of Glenmuick GMX now part of Glenmuick Tullich THX and Glengairn GTG
Parish TLA
GGX
Medieval diocese
Aberdeen
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Abergairn
Head name
Abergairn
Place
Glengairn, former parish, GTG
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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
Abirgardein 1560, Assumption
Historic formAbirgardein Head nameAbergairn PlaceGlengairn, former parish, GTG Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 440 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcekirk |
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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