Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Monquhitter, modern parish
Grid reference
NJ 801 504 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
380100 850400
Latitude
57.543518822823465
Longitude
-2.3324781251792825
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
St Luke's Episcopal Church, Monquhitter (0.25 miles)
Lady Mary's Well, by Delgatie Castle, Turriff (2.85 miles)
Tippercowan, well, King Edward (2.91 miles)
Tippercowan, settlement, King Edward (2.97 miles)
Maryhill, settlement, Monquhitter (3.45 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Monquhitter, modern parish
Within Monquhitter, modern parish
Within Turriff, parish (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Contains Maryhill, settlement, Monquhitter
Parish details
Monquhitter, created out of Turrif TUR in 1649.
Parish TLA
MQR
County
Aberdeenshire
Parish notes
In 1649 the parish of Monquhitter MQR was created out of Turriff TUR, and named after the farm where new kirk was built (Fasti 6, 268).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Monquhitter
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Monquhitter
Place
Monquhitter, modern 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
Place-name data
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Satellite map with labels:
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
