Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Abercorn, parish
Grid reference
NT 081 790 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
308100 679000
Latitude
55.99518765377813
Longitude
-3.47353686959215
Nearby places
St Serf's Law, settlement, Abercorn (1.42 miles)
Auldcathie, former parish, Kirkliston (1.87 miles)
St Ninian's Chapel, Bo'ness & Carriden (1.9 miles)
Rosyth, former parish, Dunfermline (2.37 miles)
St Margaret's Hope, Inverkeithing (2.39 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for the Norman church of Abercorn, presumed to have been built on the site of the earlier church. It served as the see of the Anglian bishop over the Picts in the seventh century (until 685 AD). A series of eighth-century Anglian crosses are now housed here, and some hog-back stones.
Relationships with other places
Contains St Serf's Law, settlement, Abercorn
Parish details
Abercorn
Parish TLA
ABC
County
West Lothian
Medieval diocese
Dunkeld
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Place-name data
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