Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Slains, parish
Grid reference
NK 041 289 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
404100 828900
Latitude
57.35078945043346
Longitude
-1.9318589430690574
Nearby places
St Ternan's Chapel, Slains (0 miles)
St Ternan's Well, Slains (0 miles)
Bennet's Love, Slains (0.97 miles)
Marywalls, Slains (1.09 miles)
Forvie, former parish, Slains (1.93 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Forvie, former parish, Slains
Relationships with other places
Contains Bennet's Love, Slains
Contains Marywalls, Slains
Contains St Adamnan's Chapel, Slains
Contains St Adomnán's Church, Forvie, Slains
Contains St Ternan's Chapel, Slains
Contains St Ternan's Well, Slains
Parish details
Slains now including Forvie FVX
Parish TLA
SLA
County
Aberdeenshire
Medieval diocese
Aberdeen
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Slains
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Slains
Place
Slains, parish
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Slanis 1560, Assumption
Historic formSlanis This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameSlains PlaceSlains, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 425 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Source code
Assumption
Source title
The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation
Editors
J. Kirk
Series
Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21
Year
1995
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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Modern OS map:
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