Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Tangland Ford, ford Tarves
Grid reference
NJ 887 360 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
388700 836000
Latitude
57.41445207992567
Longitude
-2.188129245607456
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Tangland Bridge, Tarves (0 miles)
Tanglandford, settlement Tarves (0.06 miles)
Tanglandmuir Wood, Tarves (0.19 miles)
Oldtownleys, Tarves (0.22 miles)
Michaelmuir, Ellon (1.97 miles)
Object Classification
Other
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Part of a complex of names containing Tangland, and crosses the River Ythan very close to a chapel site (and neighbouring Chapelton). Consider Saint Oenglais etc. as underlying. Also Oldtownleys nearby. The parish of Tarves is dedicated to Oenglais, Englatius etc.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Tarves, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Tanglandmuir Wood, Tarves
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Tangland Ford
Head name
Tangland Ford
Place
Tangland Ford, ford Tarves
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Tangland Ford 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formTangland Ford Head nameTangland Ford PlaceTangland Ford, ford Tarves Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Place-name data
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