Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Crombie, former parish Toryburn
Grid reference
NT 288 855 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
328800 685500
Latitude
56.057102059510584
Longitude
-3.1434401103378664
County
Fife
Nearby places
Kinghorn (Easter), parish (1.32 miles)
Inchkeith, island Kinghorn (1.7 miles)
Bennet's Hill, Kinghorn (1.97 miles)
Eglise Marie, eccles. Kinghorn (2.56 miles)
St Helena, settlement, Kinghorn (2.85 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR is for the old parish kirk of Crombie, by the shore.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Torryburn, parish
Parish details
Crombie formerly Abercrombie now part of Torryburn TOB.
Parish TLA
CRX
Medieval diocese
Dunkeld
Parish notes
It first appears in the record as a chapel (Capellam de Abercrumbin in 1157 x 1160 [RRS i no. 157] granted to nearby Dunfermline Abbey.
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Abercrombie
Head name
Abercrombie
Place
Crombie, former parish Toryburn
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
Crombie
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Crombie
Place
Crombie, former parish Toryburn
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
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
Place-name data
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