Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Finan's Church, Migvie, Logie-Coldstone
Grid reference
NJ 436 068 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
343600 806800
Latitude
57.14879972034965
Longitude
-2.932258456126118
Altitude (metres)
255
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Migvie, former parish, Logie-Coldstone (0 miles)
Coldstone, former parish, Logie Coldstone (0.79 miles)
Logie-Coldstone, parish (0.79 miles)
St John's Well, Logie-Coldstone (2.37 miles)
St John's Well, settlement, LOC (2.37 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
OS 6 inch 1st edn. shows this church in a detached portion of 'Tarland and Migvie' parish. It lies a short distance to the north of Migvie Castle, and north-east of Pittentagart. A Pictish symbol-stone is in the churchyard. It stands close to the Burn of Migvie, which is not a parish boundary.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Logie-Coldstone, parish
Within Migvie, former parish, Logie-Coldstone (formerly)
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sancti Finnani
Head name
Ecclesia Sancti Finnani
Place
St Finan's Church, Migvie, Logie-Coldstone
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Ecclesiam Sancti Finnani 1163, St A. Lib.
Historic formEcclesiam Sancti Finnani Head nameEcclesia Sancti Finnani PlaceSt Finan's Church, Migvie, Logie-Coldstone Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSt A. Lib., 249 Date of citation1163 x 1178 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Associated person or bodyAgnes, Countess of Mar Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
St A. Lib.
Source title
Liber Cartarum Prioratus Sancti Andree in Scotia
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1841
St Finan's Church
Head name
St Finan's Church
Place
St Finan's Church, Migvie, Logie-Coldstone
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
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