Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Devenick's Church, Methlick
Grid reference
NJ 857 373 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
385700 837300
Latitude
57.42604632153191
Longitude
-2.2381504266747134
Altitude (metres)
20
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Methlick, parish (0 miles)
St Ninian's Chapel, Methlick (1.68 miles)
Tangland Ford, ford Tarves (2.03 miles)
Tangland Bridge, Tarves (2.03 miles)
Tanglandford, settlement Tarves (2.05 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Wm. Alexander (The Place-Names of Aberdeenshire, Third Spalding Club, 1952, xlii) states that Dennick’s Fair was kept here.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Methlick, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Beati Devenaci
Head name
Ecclesia Beati Devenaci
Place
St Devenick's Church, Methlick
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Ecclesie Beati Devenaci 1373, RMS
Historic formEcclesie Beati Devenaci Head nameEcclesia Beati Devenaci PlaceSt Devenick's Church, Methlick Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i no. 443 Date of citation1373 x 1373 Feature named in sourceParish church of Methlick Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Saints in this place-name
Devenic, Mo Domnóc, Dyfnig (ns) (certain)
Devenic of Banchory-Devenick (certain)
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