Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Culsalmond, parish
Grid reference
NJ 649 329 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
364900 832900
Latitude
57.38538953536136
Longitude
-2.5839074524642696
Nearby places
Lawrence Road, Culsalmond (0.2 miles)
Lady's Well, Culsalmond (0.25 miles)
St Michael's Well, Culsalmond (0.74 miles)
St Sairs, settlement Culsalmond (0.98 miles)
St Sairs Market Stance, Culsalmond (1.08 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for the Old Parish Church, built 1791, reusing a seventeenth-centure bell-cote (NMRS). 'To the N.W. of the Church about 1/2 on the brow of the Hill, stands a great yearly Fair called St. Serf's Fair, and by corrupting the name St. Sare's Fair, holden last Tuesday of June.' (Geog. Coll. i, 16, dated 1724).
Relationships with other places
Contains Hill of Kilmidden, Culsalmond
Contains Lady's Well, Culsalmond
Contains Lawrence Road, Culsalmond
Contains St Michael's Well, Culsalmond
Contains St Sairs Market Stance, Culsalmond
Contains St Sairs, settlement Culsalmond
Contains St Sairs, settlement Culsalmond
Parish TLA
CUD
County
Aberdeenshire
Medieval diocese
Aberdeen
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Culsalmond
Culsamuel 1195, Lind. Cart.
Historic formCulsamuel Head nameCulsalmond PlaceCulsalmond, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceLind. Cart., no. 93 Date of citation1195 x 1195 |
Associated person or bodyPope Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
Lind. Cart.
Source title
Chartulary of the Abbey of Lindores Scottish History Society
Year
1903
Culsamuel 1198, Lind. Cart.
Historic formCulsamuel Head nameCulsalmond PlaceCulsalmond, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceLind. Cart., no., 2 Date of citation1198 x 1199 Feature named in sourceecclesiam de |
Associated person or bodyEarl David, grandson of David I Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
Lind. Cart.
Source title
Chartulary of the Abbey of Lindores Scottish History Society
Year
1903
Culsamuel 1200, Lind. Cart.
Historic formCulsamuel Head nameCulsalmond PlaceCulsalmond, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceLind. Cart., no. 5 Date of citation1200 x 1200 |
Associated person or bodyEarl David, grandson of David I Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
Lind. Cart.
Source title
Chartulary of the Abbey of Lindores Scottish History Society
Year
1903
Culsalmond 1791, OSA
Historic formCulsalmond Head nameCulsalmond PlaceCulsalmond, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, vol. 3 p240 Date of citation1791 x 1799 Feature named in sourceparish |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
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