Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Fergus's Church, St Fergus
Grid reference
NK 115 507 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
411500 850700
Latitude
57.54650537173849
Longitude
-1.8078489860257037
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
St Fergus, parish (aka Longley, Inverugie) (0 miles)
St Fergus Links, St Fergus (0.53 miles)
St Fergus, settlement, St Fergus (1.55 miles)
Peterhead, parish (2.98 miles)
St Peter's Church, Peterhead (2.98 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Parish church of St Fergus until 1616, when replaced by a new building further from the coast.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Fergus's Church
Head name
St Fergus's Church
Place
St Fergus's Church, St Fergus
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
Saints in this place-name
Fergus (ns) (certain)
Fergus bishop, a Pict (probable)
Fergus of Glamis (probable)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of St Fergus, St Fergus, settlement, St Fergus
Name is part of St Fergus Links, St Fergus Links, St Fergus
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
