Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Fillan's Church, Aberdour FIF
Grid reference
NT 193 854 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
319300 685400
Latitude
56.054696301271115
Longitude
-3.2959343724743126
Altitude (metres)
25
County
Fife
Nearby places
Aberdour, parish, ABO Fife (0 miles)
Inch Marton, aka Ecclesmartin, Aberdour (0.35 miles)
Ecclesmartin, eccles.~ Aberdour ABO (0.84 miles)
St Colme House, Dalgety (1.05 miles)
Inchcolm, island monastery, Aberdour (1.77 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Aberdour, parish, ABO Fife
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sancti Fillani
Head name
Ecclesia Sancti Fillani
Place
St Fillan's Church, Aberdour FIF
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Ecclesiam Sancti Fulani 1390, Morton Reg.
Historic formEcclesiam Sancti Fulani Head nameEcclesia Sancti Fillani PlaceSt Fillan's Church, Aberdour FIF Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMorton Reg., ii, p. 174 Date of citation1390 x 1390 |
Source code
Morton Reg.
Source title
Registrum Honoris de Morton
Series
Bannatyne Club
Volume
2 vols.
Year
1853
Saints in this place-name
Fáelán, Fillan (ns) (certain)
Fillan of Strathfillan (certain)
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