Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St John's monastery, Inchaffray, Madderty
Grid reference
NN 953 225 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
295300 722500
Latitude
56.3832638109395
Longitude
-3.695828758556919
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
Madderty, parish (0.62 miles)
St Ethernán's Church, Madderty (0.62 miles)
St David's, settlement Madderty (1.52 miles)
St Bean's Church, Fowlis Wester (1.81 miles)
Fowlis Wester, parish (1.81 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
There appears to have been a monastic community here prior to c.1200 AD, in which year the earl of Strathearn established the place as an Augustinian community.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Madderty, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sancti Johannis Evangelistae
Head name
Ecclesia Sancti Johannis Evangelistae
Place
St John's monastery, Inchaffray, Madderty
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
Ecclesie Sancti Johannis Ewangeliste 1300, NMS
Historic formEcclesie Sancti Johannis Ewangeliste Head nameEcclesia Sancti Johannis Evangelistae PlaceSt John's monastery, Inchaffray, Madderty Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceNMS, 000-180-001-755-C Date of citation1300 x 1399 Notes on the context of this place-nameObjects in the National Museum of Scotland, other than publications or manuscripts, including carved stones, seals, seal matrices, metalwork. |
Source code
NMS
Source title
National Museum of Scotland
Notes
Objects in the National Museum of Scotland, other than publications or manuscripts, including carved stones, seals, seal matrices, metalwork.
Saints in this place-name
John (ns) (certain)
John the Apostle or Evangelist (certain)
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