Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Fintray, parish ABD
Grid reference
NJ 871 155 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
387100 815500
Latitude
57.23024216286459
Longitude
-2.2136953680815337
Nearby places
St Meddan's Church, Fintray (0 miles)
Dyce, parish (0.26 miles)
Chapel of St Fergus, Dyce (0.26 miles)
Pitmedden House, Dyce (0.71 miles)
St Colm's Chapel, New Machar (old kirk) (1.55 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for St Meddan's Church, the medieval kirk of Fintray. Another church was later built (1703) at Hatton of Fintray.
Relationships with other places
Contains Breedie's Haugh, Fintray
Contains Breedie's Haugh, Fintray
Contains St Giles's Chapel, Fintray
Contains St Meddan's Church, Fintray
Contains St Meddan's Church, Fintray
Parish TLA
FIN
County
Aberdeenshire
Medieval diocese
Aberdeen
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Fintray
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Fintray
Place
Fintray, parish ABD
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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formFyntre This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameFintray PlaceFintray, parish ABD Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 363 Date of citation1190 x 1195 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Associated person or bodyWilliam I, king of Scots |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Fintray 1560, Assumption
Historic formFintray This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameFintray PlaceFintray, parish ABD Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 36 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcekirk of |
Associated person or bodyLindores Abbey Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
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
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