Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Serf's Church, Alva
Grid reference
NS 887 973 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
288700 697300
Latitude
56.15543676620109
Longitude
-3.7920568154927152
Altitude (metres)
30
County
Clackmannanshire
Nearby places
Alva, parish (0 miles)
St Serf's Well, Alva (0.09 miles)
Blains Well (formerly Tullibody), Alloa (1.06 miles)
St Blane's Chapel, Alloa (1.14 miles)
Tullibody, former parish, Alloa (2.08 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The seventeenth-century graveyard may be at the site of the medieval kirk.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Alva, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Serf's Well, Alva
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sancti Servani
Head name
Ecclesia Sancti Servani
Place
St Serf's Church, Alva
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Ecclesia Sancti Seruani 1273, Camb. Reg.
Historic formEcclesia Sancti Seruani Head nameEcclesia Sancti Servani PlaceSt Serf's Church, Alva Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceCamb. Reg., no. 14 |
Source code
Camb. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Monasterii S.Marie de Cambuskenneth
Series
Grampian Club
Year
1872
Saints in this place-name
Serf (ns) (certain)
Serf of Culross (certain)
St Serf's Church
Head name
St Serf's Church
Place
St Serf's Church, Alva
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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Servanus' Church 1866, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Servanus' Church Head nameSt Serf's Church PlaceSt Serf's Church, Alva Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. 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
Serf (ns) (certain)
Serf of Culross (certain)
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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