Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Logie Talorgan eccles., Logie Buchan
Grid reference
NJ 988 297 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
398800 829700
Latitude
57.357993343515375
Longitude
-2.019947629024786
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Logie Buchan, parish (0 miles)
Ladymire, settlement Logie Buchan (0.88 miles)
Ellon, parish (1.91 miles)
St Mary's Church, Ellon (1.91 miles)
Ladyfold, Ellon (2.56 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The name is an earlier one for the parish kirk of Logie Buchan. W. J. Watson mentions that there was a fair at this kirk, though he gives no date for it, 'in festo S. Tallericani', and that there was a well dedicated to the saint close to the church called 'St Tarkin's Well'.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Logie Talorgan
Head name
Logie Talorgan
Place
Logie Talorgan eccles., Logie Buchan
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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
Logyntalargy 1275, Bagimond's Roll
Historic formLogyntalargy Head nameLogie Talorgan PlaceLogie Talorgan eccles., Logie Buchan Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBagimond's Roll, 43 Date of citation1275 x 1275 Notes on the context of this place-nameThe text composed in 1287 accounts for tax raised in Scotland 1275 and 1276. |
Source code
Bagimond's Roll
Author
A.I.Dunlop
Source title
Bagimond's Roll
Secondary Title
Scottish History Society Miscellany
Pages
25-77
Volume
vi
Year
1939
Notes
The text composed in 1287 accounts for tax raised in Scotland 1275 and 1276.
Saints in this place-name
Talorcan (ns) (certain)
Talorcan (certain)