Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Barthol Chapel, settlement Tarves
Grid reference
NJ 815 341 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
381500 834100
Latitude
57.39714730494595
Longitude
-2.307854423661477
Altitude (metres)
100
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
St Bartholomew's Chapel, Tarves (0.14 miles)
St John's Well, Tarves (0.57 miles)
St Catherine's Well, Fyvie (1.85 miles)
St John's Wells, settlement Fyvie (1.88 miles)
St John's Well, well, Fyvie (1.91 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
OS 6 inch 1st edn shows a settlement called Bartholchapel Market Stance at NJ804343. This settlement is now OS Barthol Hill. A fair was kept here for cattle, horses and sheep, called Bartol Fair, named after St Bartholomew on (or about) whose feastday it was kept.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Tarves, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Barthol Chapel
Head name
Barthol Chapel
Place
Barthol Chapel, settlement Tarves
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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Bartholchapel 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formBartholchapel Head nameBarthol Chapel PlaceBarthol Chapel, settlement Tarves 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.
Place-name data
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