Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Talorgan's Church, Fordyce
Grid reference
NJ 555 638 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
355500 863800
Latitude
57.66213584797424
Longitude
-2.745913397644245
Altitude (metres)
60
Nearby places
Fordyce, parish (0 miles)
St Tarquin's Well, Fordyce (0.12 miles)
St John's Church, Episcopal, Fordyce (2.32 miles)
St Columba's Chapel, Fordyce (2.32 miles)
St Comb's Well, Portsoy, Fordyce (2.64 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Fordyce Old Parish Kirk.
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Tarquin's Well, Fordyce
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sancti Talaricani
Head name
Ecclesia Sancti Talaricani
Place
St Talorgan's Church, Fordyce
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
Talorcan (ns) (certain)
Talorcan (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Same specific as St Tarquin's Well, St Tarquin's Well, Fordyce
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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