Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Bethelnie, eccles. Meldrum
Grid reference
NJ 786 312 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
378600 831200
Latitude
57.37096777471522
Longitude
-2.3558592354489627
Altitude (metres)
160
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Meldrum, parish, formerly Bethelnie (0 miles)
Bethelnie, settlement Meldrum (0.45 miles)
Lady's Well, Meldrum (1.8 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Meldrum (1.8 miles)
St Paul's Chapel, Fyvie (1.83 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Bethelnie, settlement Meldrum
Adjacent St Nathalan's Well, Meldrum
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Bethelnie
Head name
Bethelnie
Place
Bethelnie, eccles. Meldrum
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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
Historic formButheleny Head nameBethelnie PlaceBethelnie, eccles. Meldrum Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSHS Misc., vi, 67 Date of citation1276 x 1276 Feature named in sourcevicarius de |
Source code
SHS Misc.
Source title
The Miscellany of the Scottish History Society
Year
1893 -
Bothelini 1510, Aberdeen Breviary
Historic formBothelini Head nameBethelnie PlaceBethelnie, eccles. Meldrum Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAberdeen Breviary, Ninth Lesson, St Nathalan Date of citation1510 x 1510 Notes on the context of this place-nameFacsimile Edition |
Source code
Aberdeen Breviary
Source title
Breviarium Aberdonense
Series
Bannatyne, Maitland and Spalding Clubs
Volume
2
Year
1854
Notes
Facsimile Edition
Bothelny 1560, Assumption
Historic formBothelny Head nameBethelnie PlaceBethelnie, eccles. Meldrum Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 432 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcevicarage and vicar |
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
Saints in this place-name
Nechtan, Nathalan (ns) (probable)
Nathalan (probable)
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