Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Ecclesmartin, settlement Strathmiglo
Grid reference
NO 217 102 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
321700 710200
Latitude
56.27788148921605
Longitude
-3.2647055794715505
County
Fife
Nearby places
Strathmiglo, parish (0 miles)
St Martin's Church, Strathmiglo (0.06 miles)
Clements Burn, Auchtermuchty (1.14 miles)
Falkland, parish (aka Kilgour) (1.45 miles)
Kilgour, eccles. Falkland (1.45 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This name is recorded as the alternative name of the lands, town or burgh of Strathmiglo (Taylor with Márkus iv, 685-6), but the name derives from the church that lay at the heart of those lands.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Strathmiglo, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesmartin
Head name
Ecclesmartin
Place
Ecclesmartin, settlement Strathmiglo
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Eglismarten 1248, St A. Lib.
Historic formEglismarten Head nameEcclesmartin PlaceEcclesmartin, settlement Strathmiglo Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSt A. Lib., 310 |
Source code
St A. Lib.
Source title
Liber Cartarum Prioratus Sancti Andree in Scotia
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1841
Eglismartin 1510, RMS
Historic formEglismartin Head nameEcclesmartin PlaceEcclesmartin, settlement Strathmiglo Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 3427 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
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