Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Olave's Church, Cruden
Grid reference
NK 088 363 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
408800 836300
Latitude
57.417202444116036
Longitude
-1.8534813297334727
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Cruden, parish (0 miles)
St Olave's Well, Cruden (0.72 miles)
St James's Glebe, Cruden (1.14 miles)
St James's Chapel, Episcopal, Cruden (1.37 miles)
Mungo, Cruden (2.07 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
See NMRS for the history of this building, abandoned because of encroaching sand, possibly in the thirteenth century.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Cruden, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Olave's Church
Head name
St Olave's Church
Place
St Olave's Church, Cruden
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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Ecclesiam Divo Olauo dicandam 1650, Geog. Coll. II
Historic formEcclesiam Divo Olauo dicandam Head nameSt Olave's Church PlaceSt Olave's Church, Cruden Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. II, 265 Date of citation1650 x 1662 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. II
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Editors
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
2 of 3
St Olaw's chapel 1793, OSA
Historic formSt Olaw's chapel Head nameSt Olave's Church PlaceSt Olave's Church, Cruden Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, v, 432 Date of citation1793 x 1793 Feature named in sourcechapel |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
St Olaus's Chapel 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Olaus's Chapel Head nameSt Olave's Church PlaceSt Olave's Church, Cruden 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
Olaf (ns) (certain)
Place-name data
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