Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Martins Church, St Martins
Grid reference
NO 154 303 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
315400 730300
Latitude
56.45735172029113
Longitude
-3.372908163307528
Nearby places
St Martins, parish (alias Megginch) (0 miles)
St Martin's Abbey, St Martins (0.33 miles)
St Martins Mill, St Martins (0.42 miles)
St Martins Burn, St Martins (0.83 miles)
Cambusmichael Burn, St Martin's (1.36 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Martin's Church
Head name
St Martin's Church
Place
St Martins Church, St Martins
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 formMartyns K Head nameSt Martin's Church PlaceSt Martins Church, St Martins Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourcePont MS, no. 26: Lower Angus and Perthshire east of 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.
Saints in this place-name
Martin (ns) (certain)
Martin of Tours (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of St Martins, St Martins, parish (alias Megginch)
Place-name data
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