Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lumphinnan, eccles. Ballingry
Grid reference
NT 170 930 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
317000 693000
Latitude
56.12257522991655
Longitude
-3.335218257777541
County
Fife
Nearby places
Lumphinnans, settlement Ballingry (0.35 miles)
Beath, parish (1.25 miles)
St Ninians, opencast coal mine, Beath (2.81 miles)
Ballingry, parish (2.87 miles)
Auchtertool, parish (2.88 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The existence of this church or chapel is inferred from the analysis of the place-name Lumphinnan as G lann 'church' + personal name Finan or Fillan. The earliest form (where applied to the settlement of Lumphinnans) suggests (see Taylor with Márkus i, 150-1) a dedication to Fillan, but Finan is also suggested by some of the early forms.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lumphinnan
Head name
Lumphinnan
Place
Lumphinnan, eccles. Ballingry
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Probable
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?
Yes
Saints in this place-name
Fáelán, Fillan (ns) (maybe)
Fillan of Strathfillan (maybe)
Fínán (ns) (maybe)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Lumphinnans, Lumphinnans, settlement Ballingry