Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Peter's Church, Inveravon
Grid reference
NJ 182 375 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
318200 837500
Latitude
57.420706731770856
Longitude
-3.362140958933114
Altitude (metres)
150
County
Banffshire
Nearby places
Inveravon, parish (alias Strathavon) (0 miles)
Peterfair, Inveravon (0.65 miles)
Lady's Hill, Knockando (2.63 miles)
Haugh of Kilnmaichlie, Inveravon (2.86 miles)
Advie, former parish, CIA (2.91 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records Pictish symbol stones in the kirkyard. Present church built 1808, with some sixteenth-century fragments included in the fabric.
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Related ? Peterfair, Inveravon
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Peter's Church
Head name
St Peter's Church
Place
St Peter's Church, Inveravon
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 Peter's Church 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Peter's Church Head nameSt Peter's Church PlaceSt Peter's Church, Inveravon 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
Peter (ns) (certain)
Peter, apostle (certain)
Place-name data
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