Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Drostan's Church, Aberdour
Grid reference
NJ 884 644 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
388400 864400
Latitude
57.6695750515308
Longitude
-2.194477968998968
Altitude (metres)
25
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Aberdour, parish, ABR Aberdeen (0 miles)
St Drostan's Well, Aberdour (0.14 miles)
Bridestonefold, settlement, Aberdour (0.45 miles)
Bride's Stone, stone, Aberdour (0.81 miles)
Drostan Leack, Aberdour ABR (1.53 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Sixteenth-century remains on the site of a much earlier church. It was closed in 1818 when a new church came into use. The Aberdeen Breviary (1510) states that Drostan was buried in a stone tomb at Aberdour (Aberdowyr) 'where many people oppressed by various sicknesses of diseases are restored to health by his merits' (Ab. Brev. (Macquarrie) 6). Aberdeen Calendar, 271: 'In Scocia apud Abirdour ... Sancti Drostani abbatis. Reliquie gloriose cuius virtutum signa laudibus merito sunt extollenda'.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Drostan's Church
Head name
St Drostan's Church
Place
St Drostan's Church, Aberdour
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Drostan's Church 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Drostan's Church Head nameSt Drostan's Church PlaceSt Drostan's Church, Aberdour Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Saints in this place-name
Drostan, Troscan (ns) (certain)
Drostan (certain)
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