Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Vigean's Toft, Arbroath & St Vigeans
Grid reference
NO 630 420 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
363000 742000
Latitude
56.56860934204113
Longitude
-2.6021878222377812
County
Angus
Nearby places
St Vigeans, former parish, Arbroath & St Vigeans (0.75 miles)
St Vigean's Church, Arbroath & St Vigeans (0.75 miles)
Arbroath & St Vigeans, parish (0.75 miles)
St Michael's Chapel, Arbroath & St Vigeans (0.84 miles)
St Thomas's Church, Arbroath & St Vigeans (0.86 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Arbroath & St Vigeans, parish
Within St Vigeans, former parish, Arbroath & St Vigeans (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Tofta Sancti Vigiani
Head name
Tofta Sancti Vigiani
Place
St Vigean's Toft, Arbroath & St Vigeans
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Tofta Sancti Vigiani 1530, Arb. Lib.
Historic formTofta Sancti Vigiani Head nameTofta Sancti Vigiani PlaceSt Vigean's Toft, Arbroath & St Vigeans Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceArb. Lib., ii no. 747 Date of citation1530 x 1530 |
Source code
Arb. Lib.
Source title
Liber S. Thome de Aberbrothoc
Series
Bannatyne Club
Volume
1 & 2
Year
1848-56
Saints in this place-name
Féichíne, Mo Ecca (ns) (certain)
Féichíne m. Cóelcharna, of Fore (Fobhar) (probable)
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