Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Larbert, parish
Grid reference
NS 856 822 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
285600 682200
Latitude
56.01909020081838
Longitude
-3.835479644784319
Nearby places
Sanct Alexanders Cuthill, Dunipace (1.73 miles)
St Alchenter's Well, Dunipace (1.88 miles)
Marywynde, Falkirk (2.02 miles)
St Alchenter's Chapel, Dunipace (2.09 miles)
St Helen's Loch, Falkirk (2.15 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for Larbert Old Kirk, built in 1820, on the site of an earlier building (NMRS).
Parish TLA
LRB
County
Stirlingshire
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Parish notes
'In origin a chapel of Kirkton, Stirling, it passed iwth its mother church ... to Cambuskenneth by the grant of Robert, bishop of St Andrews, 1140 x 1158. ...It continued as a pendicle at the Reformation, although by this date it may have obtained parochial status' (Cowan 1967, 127). wSNI
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Larbert
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Larbert
Place
Larbert, 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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Larber 1565, Assumption
Historic formLarber This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameLarbert PlaceLarbert, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 543 Date of citation1565 x 1565 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Associated person or bodyCambuskenneth Abbey Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
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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