Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Eglispeder, settlement Forfar
Grid reference
NO 480 510 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
348000 751000
Latitude
56.64804261344332
Longitude
-2.8481023615382712
County
Angus
Nearby places
Forfar, parish (formerly Restenneth) (0.31 miles)
St Peter's Church, Forfar (0.31 miles)
Martinshade, Forfar (1.24 miles)
St John's Church, episcopal, Forfar (1.44 miles)
Rescobie, parish (1.9 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The settlement, now lost, is assumed to have been somewhere in the vicinity of the Church of St Peter of Restenneth, Forfar.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Eglispeder
Head name
Eglispeder
Place
Eglispeder, settlement Forfar
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Egglespether 1161, RRS i
Historic formEgglespether Head nameEglispeder PlaceEglispeder, settlement Forfar Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS i, no. 195 Date of citation1161 x 1162 |
Source code
RRS i
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum
Editors
G.W.S.Barrow
Secondary Title
The Acts of Malcolm IV 1153- 1165
Volume
i
Year
1960
Eglispeder 1322, RMS
Historic formEglispeder Head nameEglispeder PlaceEglispeder, settlement Forfar Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i, App. 1, no. 29 Date of citation1322 x 1322 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Eglispedris 1511, RMS
Historic formEglispedris Head nameEglispeder PlaceEglispeder, settlement Forfar Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 3583 Date of citation1511 x 1511 Feature named in sourcelands Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
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