Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Strafontein, former parish, Abbey St Bathans
Grid reference
NT 748 629 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
374800 662900
Latitude
55.85866066456864
Longitude
-2.40262676985172
Nearby places
St Bathan's Church, Abbey St Bathans (0.76 miles)
Abbey St Bathans, parish (0.76 miles)
St Bathan's Well, Abbey St Bathans (0.93 miles)
Philip Burn, Abbey St Bathans/Oldhamstocks (1.03 miles)
St Bathan's Chapel, Abbey St Bathans (1.05 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Notes
See NMRS for the church site, NT 7488 6293, and something of its history.
Parish TLA
SXF
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Strafontein
Head name
Strafontein
Place
Strafontein, former parish, Abbey St Bathans
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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Strafontanes 1573, Assumption
Historic formStrafontanes Head nameStrafontein PlaceStrafontein, former parish, Abbey St Bathans Certainty that this name applies to this placeProbable SourceAssumption, 166 Date of citation1573 x 1573 |
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
Relationships with other place names
Same specific as Strafontanes, Strafontein, former parish, Abbey St Bathans
Place-name data
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