Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Madoes, parish
Grid reference
NO 196 212 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
319600 721200
Latitude
56.3763429968292
Longitude
-3.3019747347250745
Nearby places
St Madoes church, St Madoes (0 miles)
Ecclesdoueanauin, ~eccles. Errol (0.88 miles)
Clashbenny, settlement, Errol (1.36 miles)
Rhynd, parish (1.89 miles)
Kinfauns, parish (1.96 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Relationships with other places
Contains St Madoes church, St Madoes
Parish details
St Madoes
Parish TLA
SMO
County
Perthshire
Medieval diocese
Dunblane
Parish notes
St Madoes - dedicated to St Mo Aedóc (pace Watson) confusion also because A. Dunlop misidentifies ‘De Sancto Mathoco’ with Kilmahog - but it is in fact St Madoes (1275). Most famous is St M. of Ferna in Leinster - the other great Leinster saint besides Brigit. late 6th c.. Frees soul of King Brandubh of Leinster (dies 605). This story is also told in Culdee Rule. Feastday - Jan.31. But note that under March 23, Oengus has ‘My Maedóc Alba’s treasure’ (mind nAlban). In 1891 a detached part of Kinnoul KNU was transferred to St Madoes viz lands of Inchyra.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Madoes
Head name
St Madoes
Place
St Madoes, 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?
Yes
San
Historic formSan Head nameSt Madoes PlaceSt Madoes, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBagimond's Roll, 54 Feature named in sourceecclesia de Notes on the context of this place-nameThe text composed in 1287 accounts for tax raised in Scotland 1275 and 1276. |
Source code
Bagimond's Roll
Author
A.I.Dunlop
Source title
Bagimond's Roll
Secondary Title
Scottish History Society Miscellany
Pages
25-77
Volume
vi
Year
1939
Notes
The text composed in 1287 accounts for tax raised in Scotland 1275 and 1276.
Sancto Mathoco 1275, Bagimond's Roll
Historic formSancto Mathoco Head nameSt Madoes PlaceSt Madoes, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBagimond's Roll, 71 Date of citation1275 x 1287 Notes on the context of this place-nameThe text composed in 1287 accounts for tax raised in Scotland 1275 and 1276. |
Source code
Bagimond's Roll
Author
A.I.Dunlop
Source title
Bagimond's Roll
Secondary Title
Scottish History Society Miscellany
Pages
25-77
Volume
vi
Year
1939
Notes
The text composed in 1287 accounts for tax raised in Scotland 1275 and 1276.
Historic formSt Madois Head nameSt Madoes PlaceSt Madoes, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, vol. 3 p563 Date of citation1792 x 1792 Feature named in sourceparish |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Historic formSt Madoes Head nameSt Madoes PlaceSt Madoes, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, vol. 3 p563 Date of citation1792 x 1792 Feature named in sourceparish |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
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