Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Inchewan, settlement Little Dunkeld
Grid reference
NO 036 414 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
303600 741400
Latitude
56.55478329797774
Longitude
-3.5684367878672725
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
St Mary's Tower, Little Dunkeld (0.26 miles)
St Mary's Church, episc. Little Dunkeld (0.35 miles)
St Jerome's Chapel, Dunkeld (0.69 miles)
Little Dunkeld, parish (0.7 miles)
Ladywell, settlement Little Dunkeld (1.01 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
On the haugh, the eponymous 'inch', on the west side of the River Tay, south-east of Birnam. Nearby the Inchewan Burn flows through Birnam Glen into the Tay.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Little Dunkeld, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Mary's Church, episc. Little Dunkeld
Adjacent St Mary's Tower, Little Dunkeld
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Inchewan
Head name
Inchewan
Place
Inchewan, settlement Little Dunkeld
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
Historic formInchewyn Head nameInchewan PlaceInchewan, settlement Little Dunkeld Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourcePont MS, no. 25: Lower Strath Tay Date of citation1583 x 1596 Notes on the context of this place-nameAlso printed in Stone 1989. Originals held by NLS; these have all been digitised and can be consulted in the NLS Map Library; also on the web. |
Source code
Pont MS
Author
Timothy Pont
Source title
Pont Manuscript
Year
1590x1610
Notes
Also printed in Stone 1989. Originals held by NLS; these have all been digitised and can be consulted in the NLS Map Library; also on the web.
Middle Inchewan 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formMiddle Inchewan Head nameInchewan PlaceInchewan, settlement Little Dunkeld 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.
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