Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Muthill, parish
Grid reference
NN 867 170 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
286700 717000
Latitude
56.33188792133526
Longitude
-3.8326740643790935
Nearby places
St Cattan's Well, Muthill (0.06 miles)
St James's Church, Episcopal Muthill (0.06 miles)
Lady's Well, Muthill (0.14 miles)
St Patrick's Church, Strageath, Muthill (1.27 miles)
Strageath, former parish, Muthill etc. (1.27 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Muthill Old Parish kirk. It has a twelfth-century tower (part of a group of important churches with similar features: Dunning, Dunblane, Markinch and St Andrews).
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Ardoch, modern parish (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Contains Cnoc Brannan, Muthill
Contains Culwhattock, settlement, Muthill
Contains Knock Mary, Muthill
Contains Lady's Well, Muthill
Contains St Cattan's Well, Muthill
Contains St James's Church, Episcopal Muthill
Contains St Kessog's Chapel, Muthill
Contains St Kessog's Chapel, Muthill
Contains St Patrick's Chapel, Blairinroar, Muthill (west)
Contains St Patrick's Chapel, Blairinroar, Muthill (west)
Contains St Patrick's Church, Strageath, Muthill
Contains St Patrick's Well, Muthill
Contains St Patrick's, settlement Muthill
Parish details
Muthill
Parish TLA
MUT
County
Perthshire
Medieval diocese
Dunblane
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Muthill
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Muthill
Place
Muthill, 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
Moethel 1195
Historic formMoethel This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameMuthill PlaceMuthill, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1195 x 1198 Feature named in sourceecclesia de |
Moethel 1195
Historic formMoethel This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameMuthill PlaceMuthill, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1195 x 1198 Feature named in sourceecclesia de |
Author
Taylor, Simon
Source title
Iona Abbots in Scottish Place-Names
Editors
Dauvit Broun and Thomas Owen Clancy
Pages
35-70
Volume
Spes Scotorum, Hope of Scots:
Year
1999
Moethel 1195
Historic formMoethel This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameMuthill PlaceMuthill, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1195 x 1198 Feature named in sourceecclesia de |