Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mungo's Farm, Blackford
Grid reference
NN 936 074 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
293600 707400
Latitude
56.2472676141923
Longitude
-3.7172514982209535
Altitude (metres)
170
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
Bride's Burn, Blackford (0.09 miles)
St Mungo's Well, Blackford (0.2 miles)
St Mungo's Chapel, Blackford (0.95 miles)
Ladyscroft, Blackford (1.8 miles)
Blackford, modern parish (2.58 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The farmstead lies 1.6 km south of St Mungo's Chapel, up Glen Eagles.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mungo's Farm
Head name
St Mungo's Farm
Place
St Mungo's Farm, Blackford
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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Mungo's 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Mungo's Head nameSt Mungo's Farm PlaceSt Mungo's Farm, Blackford 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
Kentigern, Mungo, Mo Choe (ns) (certain)
Kentigern of Glasgow (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Derives from St Mungo's Chapel, St Mungo's Chapel, Blackford
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
