Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kinnoir, former parish, Huntly
Grid reference
NJ 544 432 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
354400 843200
Latitude
57.47698249077881
Longitude
-2.7604816735491817
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
St Mungo's Well, Kinnoir, Huntly (0.48 miles)
Hill of Mungo, Huntly (0.61 miles)
St John's Well, Huntly (0.64 miles)
St Margaret's Chapel, Catholic, Huntly (2.16 miles)
Huntly, modern parish (2.36 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR is for the late medieval kirk site near the farm of Kinnoir.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Huntly, modern parish
Relationships with other places
Contains Hill of Mungo, Huntly
Contains St Mungo's Well, Kinnoir, Huntly
Contains St Mungo's Well, Kinnoir, Huntly
Parish details
Kinnoir now part of Huntly HUN
Parish TLA
XKR
Medieval diocese
Moray
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kinnoir
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Kinnoir
Place
Kinnoir, former parish, Huntly
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
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
Kynnour 1560, Assumption
Historic formKynnour This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKinnoir PlaceKinnoir, former parish, Huntly Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 483 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourceparsonage |
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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