Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Peter's Church, Glenbuchet
Grid reference
NJ 375 151 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
337500 815100
Latitude
57.22256547466606
Longitude
-3.0351530347307283
Altitude (metres)
310
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Glenbuchet, parish (0 miles)
Strathdon, parish, aka Invernochty (2.02 miles)
Kilbacho, settlement Kildrummy (2.84 miles)
Delavoran Haugh, Towie (3.13 miles)
St Ronald's Well, Towie (3.16 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
There was a Peter Fair at Glenbuchet (Wm. Alexander, The Place-Names of Aberdeenshire, Third Spalding Club, 1952,, xlii).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Beati Petri
Head name
Ecclesia Beati Petri
Place
St Peter's Church, Glenbuchet
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
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 Beati Petri 1470, Aberdeen Reg.
Historic formEcclesiam Beati Petri Head nameEcclesia Beati Petri PlaceSt Peter's Church, Glenbuchet Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAberdeen Reg., i, 309 Date of citation1470 x 1470 |
Source code
Aberdeen Reg.
Source title
Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis
Volume
2 vols.
Year
1845
Saints in this place-name
Peter (ns) (certain)
Peter, apostle (certain)
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