Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Nicholas' Church, Errol
Grid reference
NO 252 228 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
325200 722800
Latitude
56.39163496322853
Longitude
-3.211769973541746
Altitude (metres)
35
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
Errol, parish (0 miles)
Inchcoonans, Errol (1.05 miles)
Inchmichael, settlement Errol (1.51 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Carsegrange, Errol (1.76 miles)
Clashbenny, settlement, Errol (2.36 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Errol, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Nicholas' Church
Head name
St Nicholas' Church
Place
St Nicholas' Church, 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?
No
Saints in this place-name
Nicholas (ns) (certain)
Nicholas, bishop of Myra (certain)
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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Satellite map with labels:
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
