Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St John's Logy, eccles., Rafford
Grid reference
NJ 015 552 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
301500 855200
Latitude
57.576338994180176
Longitude
-3.647256558164551
County
Morayshire
Nearby places
Meads of St John, Edinkillie (0.38 miles)
St John's Pool, Edinkillie (0.43 miles)
Altyre, former parish, Rafford (1.24 miles)
Dyke & Moy, parish (1.97 miles)
Dalvey, settlement, Dyke & Moy (2.18 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records the dedication of the chapel to St John the Baptist., on the northern edge of the Meads of St John which lay on the east bank of the River Findhorn and in the parish of Rafford (Name Book 1871). Remains of a building and the discovery of human skeletons here in the 1960s. The place is shown on Roy's map (1747 x1752) as 'Loggie'.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Rafford, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Meads of St John, Edinkillie
across the River Findhorn
Adjacent St John's Pool, Edinkillie
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St John's Logy
Head name
St John's Logy
Place
St John's Logy, eccles., Rafford
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
Ihons Logy 1583, Pont MS
Historic formIhons Logy Head nameSt John's Logy PlaceSt John's Logy, eccles., Rafford Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourcePont MS Date of citation1583 x 1596 Notes on the context of this place-nameAlso printed in Stone 1989. Originals held by NLS; these have all been digitised and can be consulted in the NLS Map Library; also on the web. |
Source code
Pont MS
Author
Timothy Pont
Source title
Pont Manuscript
Year
1590x1610
Notes
Also printed in Stone 1989. Originals held by NLS; these have all been digitised and can be consulted in the NLS Map Library; also on the web.
Saints in this place-name
John (ns) (certain)
John the Baptist (certain) NMRS records
John (ns) (certain)
John the Baptist (certain) NMRS records
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