Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Fettercairn, parish
Grid reference
NO 651 736 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
365100 773600
Latitude
56.852673126561825
Longitude
-2.5723056651073426
Nearby places
St Catherine's Burial Ground, Fordoun (1.03 miles)
St Andrew's Chapel, episc. Fettercairn (1.19 miles)
St Catherine's Chapel, Fordoun (1.2 miles)
St Drostan's Well, Fettercairn (2.23 miles)
Newdosk, former parish, Fettercairn (3.04 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Fettercairn Old Parish Kirk. Note that in 1891, the eastern portion of Edzell parish, which lay in Kincardineshire (while the rest of Edzell lay in Forfar) was transferred from Edzell to Fettercairn parish (Shennan 1892, 187), including St Drostan's Well.
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Newdosk, former parish, Fettercairn
Relationships with other places
Contains St Andrew's Chapel, episc. Fettercairn
Contains St Drostan's Well, Fettercairn
Contains St Drostan's Well, Fettercairn
Contains St Martin's Chapel, Fettercairn
Parish TLA
FEC
County
Kincardineshire
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Fettercairn
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Fettercairn
Place
Fettercairn, parish
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
Fettircarn 1560, Assumption
Historic formFettircarn This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameFettercairn PlaceFettercairn, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 407 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourceparsonage of |
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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