Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Killearnan, parish aka Ederdour
Grid reference
NH 576 494 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
257600 849400
Latitude
57.51258073906215
Longitude
-4.377408716696626
Nearby places
Killearnan eccles., Killearnan (0 miles)
St Andrews Chapel, Killearnan (0.44 miles)
St Marnan's Chair, Marnoch (1.39 miles)
St John's Church, Episcopal, Knockbain (2.14 miles)
Kilchrist, eccles., formerly Tarradale, Urray (2.36 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Relationships with other places
Contains Killearnan eccles., Killearnan
Contains St Andrews Chapel, Killearnan
Parish details
Killearnan formerly Ederdour
Parish TLA
KEA
County
Ross-shire
Medieval diocese
Ross
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Ederdour
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Ederdour
Place
Killearnan, parish aka Ederdour
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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
Historic formEderdover This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameEderdour PlaceKillearnan, parish aka Ederdour Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceVet. Mon., no. 97 Date of citation1238 x 1238 Feature named in sourceecclesia de |
Source code
Vet. Mon.
Source title
Vetera Monumenta Hibernorum et Scotorum Historiam Illustrantia.
Editors
A. Theiner
Year
1864
Eddyr-dor 1278, NLS Adv.MS.35.2.4
Historic formEddyr-dor This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameEderdour PlaceKillearnan, parish aka Ederdour Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceNLS Adv.MS.35.2.4, ii fo. 220v no. 11 Date of citation1278 x 1278 Feature named in sourceWillielmo Vicario de Notes on the context of this place-name2 volumes of copies of Scottish charters made for Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane. Although lettered as vols. i and ii of the same collection, they are different in layout and character and are written by different hands. Only those charters the present location of whose originals is unknown are indexed in detail. Vol. ii is called Diplomatum Collectio. |
Source code
NLS Adv.MS.35.2.4
Author
Walter Macfarlane et al.
Volume
i and ii
Year
18th c.
Notes
2 volumes of copies of Scottish charters made for Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane. Although lettered as vols. i and ii of the same collection, they are different in layout and character and are written by different hands. Only those charters the present location of whose originals is unknown are indexed in detail. Vol. ii is called Diplomatum Collectio.
Killearnan
Head name
Killearnan
Place
Killearnan, parish aka Ederdour
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
Kilernane 1561, Watson 1904
Historic formKilernane Head nameKillearnan PlaceKillearnan, parish aka Ederdour Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceWatson 1904, 142 Date of citation1561 x 1561 Notes on the context of this place-namereprinted in paperback 1996 by Highland Heritage Books, price £10.99 |
Source code
Watson 1904
Author
W. J. Watson
Source title
Place-Names of Ross and Cromarty
Year
1904
Notes
reprinted in paperback 1996 by Highland Heritage Books, price £10.99
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Killearnan, Killearnan eccles., Killearnan
Place-name data
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