Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Bean's Church, Fowlis Wester
Grid reference
NN 928 240 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
292800 724000
Latitude
56.39617520595814
Longitude
-3.7369138216133346
Altitude (metres)
145
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
Fowlis Wester, parish (0 miles)
St John's monastery, Inchaffray, Madderty (1.81 miles)
Madderty, parish (1.85 miles)
St Ethernán's Church, Madderty (1.85 miles)
Auchilhanzie, Fowlis Wester (1.92 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Aberdeen Calendar, p. 270: 'Eodem die natalis Beati Beani episcopi apud Fowlis in Stratherne'.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sancti Beani
Head name
Ecclesia Sancti Beani
Place
St Bean's Church, Fowlis Wester
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Beani 1210, Inchaffray Chrs.
Historic formecclesiam Sancti Beani Head nameEcclesia Sancti Beani PlaceSt Bean's Church, Fowlis Wester Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceInchaffray Chrs., no. 28 Date of citation1210 x 1210 |
Source code
Inchaffray Chrs.
Source title
Charters, Bulls & Other Documents relating to the Abbey of Inchaffray
Series
Scottish History Society
Year
1908
Ecclesia Sancti Beani 1211, Inchaffray Chrs.
Historic formEcclesia Sancti Beani Head nameEcclesia Sancti Beani PlaceSt Bean's Church, Fowlis Wester Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceInchaffray Chrs., no. 29 Date of citation1211 x 1212 |
Source code
Inchaffray Chrs.
Source title
Charters, Bulls & Other Documents relating to the Abbey of Inchaffray
Series
Scottish History Society
Year
1908
Saints in this place-name
Beoán, Mo Beóc, Do Beóc, Mo Beoán, Bean (ns) (certain)
Beanus (certain)
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