Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Magdalen's Kirkton, Mains & Strathmartine
Grid reference
NO 397 333 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
339700 733300
Latitude
56.48803720683549
Longitude
-2.9793340315385373
County
Angus
Nearby places
Mains & Strathmartine, modern parish (0.36 miles)
Mains, former parish, Mains & Strathmartine (0.83 miles)
Nine Maidens Well, Mains & Strathmartine (1.19 miles)
Maryfield, settlement Dundee (1.23 miles)
St Mary's, Mains & Strathmartine (1.37 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Now obliterated by the large modern housing development of Downfield. In the nineteenth century it was close to the manse, lying west of the old kirk of Mains.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Magdalen's Kirkton
Head name
Magdalen's Kirkton
Place
Magdalen's Kirkton, Mains & Strathmartine
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Magdalen's Kirkton 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formMagdalen's Kirkton Head nameMagdalen's Kirkton PlaceMagdalen's Kirkton, Mains & Strathmartine 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.
Saints in this place-name
Mary Magdalene (ns) (certain)
Mary Magdalene (certain)
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