Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Holy Rude Church, Stirling
Grid reference
NS 792 937 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
279200 693700
Latitude
56.120795780071234
Longitude
-3.9432902702712656
County
Stirlingshire
Nearby places
Stirling, parish (0 miles)
St John Street, Stirling (0.06 miles)
St Mary's Wynd, Stirling (0.09 miles)
St Michael's Chapel, Castle, Stirling (0.26 miles)
Tibirmasko, ~well, St Ninians or Stirling (0.45 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Stirling, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Holy Rude Church
Head name
Holy Rude Church
Place
Holy Rude Church, Stirling
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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Ruid Kirk 1561, Dunf. Reg.
Historic formRuid Kirk Head nameHoly Rude Church PlaceHoly Rude Church, Stirling Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDunf. Reg., p. 454 Date of citation1561 x 1561 |
Source code
Dunf. Reg.
Source title
Registrum de Dunfermelyn
Editors
C. Innes [though not named]
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1842
Saints in this place-name
Cross (ns) (certain)
Rude, Rood (certain)
Place-name data
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