Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Ecclesdoueanauin, ~eccles. Errol
Grid reference
NO 210 210 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
321000 721000
Latitude
56.37478233687948
Longitude
-3.27924976495272
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
Clashbenny, settlement, Errol (0.5 miles)
St Madoes, parish (0.88 miles)
St Madoes church, St Madoes (0.88 miles)
St Catherine's Kirk, Newburgh (2.2 miles)
Newburgh, modern parish (2.2 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The existence of this church (*eccles) is inferred from the place-name Clashbenny and its early forms. It may represent an early name for what became the parish kirk of Errol, but this is not necessarily the case.
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Clashbenny, settlement, Errol
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesdoueanauin
Head name
Ecclesdoueanauin
Place
Ecclesdoueanauin, ~eccles. Errol
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?
Yes
Saints in this place-name
Beinén, Beinian, Benignus (ns) (maybe)
Place-name data
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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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