Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Chapel, Newhills
Grid reference
NJ 866 111 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
386600 811100
Latitude
57.19069851732134
Longitude
-2.2217409258604977
Altitude (metres)
90
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Newhills, modern parish (1.1 miles)
Pitmedden House, Dyce (2.31 miles)
Dyce, parish (2.73 miles)
Chapel of St Fergus, Dyce (2.73 miles)
Fintray, parish ABD (2.75 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS: The chapel at Newhills, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and later known as 'St Mary's of Stoneywood', was ordered to be completed in 1367 and was last mentioned in 1649. The foundations of the building, and a number of tombstones, stand in an enclosure near the Inverurie road at Chapel Farm (J Cruickshank 1934) NMRS also recalls a 'Holy Well' in the graveyard, said to have been the object of pilgrimage at the beginning of May, now a dry grassy hollow.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Newhills, modern parish
Within Old Machar, Old Aberdeen, parish (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary's Chapel
Head name
St Mary's Chapel
Place
St Mary's Chapel, Newhills
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
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)