Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kinfauns, parish
Grid reference
NO 166 222 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
316600 722200
Latitude
56.3848061787798
Longitude
-3.350858805683466
Nearby places
St Ninian's Chapel, Kinfauns (0 miles)
Virginhall, Kilspindie (1.93 miles)
St Madoes, parish (1.96 miles)
St Madoes church, St Madoes (1.96 miles)
Maidenwells, settlement Kinnoul (2.49 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Some fifteenth-century remains on the site (NMRS). The parish kirk was previously a chapel of the church of Scone (see Scon. Lib. no. 48, for example).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Scone, parish (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Contains St Ninian's Chapel, Kinfauns
Parish details
Kinfauns
Parish TLA
KNF
County
Perthshire
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Parish notes
Confirmed to Scone abbey as a chapel of the parish church of Scone by Richard bp. of St A. 1163x78, as it had previously been granted since the reign of Alexander I, the chapel appears to have passed to the abbey at its foundation c.1120 (Scone Lib. no.48). It was still confirmed to the abbey as a chapel in 1395, but appears to have achieved parochial status by 1419, its entire revenue continuing to remain with Scone. Ibid. no.193; CSSR i, 114, 150; Ass. 309v, 311v). Cowan 1967, 111-2. BUT it appears in the ecclesiastical tax-roll of Gowrie c.1250 St A. Lib. 35, as if it were a parish church, taxed at 15 merks.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kinfauns
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Kinfauns
Place
Kinfauns, 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
Kynfaunes 1163, Scone Lib.
Historic formKynfaunes This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKinfauns PlaceKinfauns, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceScone Lib., no. 48 Date of citation1163 approx x 1178 Feature named in sourcecapella de |
Associated person or bodyBishop of St Andrews Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
Scone Lib.
Source title
Liber Ecclesie de Scon
Series
Bannatyne and Maitland Clubs
Year
1843
Kinfans 1226, Scone Lib.
Historic formKinfans This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKinfauns PlaceKinfauns, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceScone Lib., no. 103 Date of citation1226 x 1226 Feature named in sourcecapella |
Associated person or bodyPope Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
Scone Lib.
Source title
Liber Ecclesie de Scon
Series
Bannatyne and Maitland Clubs
Year
1843
Kynefaunis 1250, St A. Lib.
Historic formKynefaunis This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKinfauns PlaceKinfauns, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSt A. Lib., 35 Date of citation1250 approx x 1250 approx |
Source code
St A. Lib.
Source title
Liber Cartarum Prioratus Sancti Andree in Scotia
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1841
Kynfawnis 1560, Assumption
Historic formKynfawnis This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKinfauns PlaceKinfauns, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 332 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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