Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Colm's Church, Lonmay
Grid reference
NK 056 631 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
405600 863100
Latitude
57.65801132673376
Longitude
-1.906144012607355
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Lonmay, parish, aka St Colm (0 miles)
St Comb's Haven, Lonmay (0.09 miles)
St Columba's Episcopal Church, Lonmay (2.32 miles)
Crimond, parish (3.48 miles)
St Ethernan's Church, eccl., Rathen (3.67 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Church on the shore. This is the medieval church of the parish of Lonmay, abandoned in 1608, when the kirk moved two miles inland (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Lonmay, parish, aka St Colm
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Colm's Church
Head name
St Colm's Church
Place
St Colm's Church, Lonmay
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Colms K
Historic formSt Colms K Head nameSt Colm's Church PlaceSt Colm's Church, Lonmay Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourcePont MS, no. 10 Date of citation1583 x 1596 Notes on the context of this place-nameAlso printed in Stone 1989. Originals held by NLS; these have all been digitised and can be consulted in the NLS Map Library; also on the web. |
Source code
Pont MS
Author
Timothy Pont
Source title
Pont Manuscript
Year
1590x1610
Notes
Also printed in Stone 1989. Originals held by NLS; these have all been digitised and can be consulted in the NLS Map Library; also on the web.
St Colms K
Historic formSt Colms K Head nameSt Colm's Church PlaceSt Colm's Church, Lonmay Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Aberdeen and Banff Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
St Columba's Church 1975, OS 1:10,000
Historic formSt Columba's Church Head nameSt Colm's Church PlaceSt Colm's Church, Lonmay Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 1:10,000 Date of citation1975 x 1975 Notes on the context of this place-nameThis source appears on line on Digimap website. The 1:10,000 map has been through several editions and revisions. The date given when citing early form will identify which version of this map series is being used. |
Source code
OS 1:10,000
Source title
Ordnance Survey Map, 1:10,000 scale
Notes
This source appears on line on Digimap website. The 1:10,000 map has been through several editions and revisions. The date given when citing early form will identify which version of this map series is being used.
Saints in this place-name
Columb, Colmán, Commán, Mo Cholmóc, Mo Chommóc, Mo Chumma, Columba, Columbanus etc (ns) (certain)
Columb Cille m. Feidlimid (maybe)
Columb Cille m. Feidlimid (maybe)
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Modern OS map:
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