Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Peter's Cemetery, Aberdeen
Grid reference
NJ 941 076 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
0 0
Latitude
57.159412235378305
Longitude
-2.0975496704019188
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
St Peter's Hospital, Aberdeen St Nicholas (0.06 miles)
St Peter's Chapel, Aberdeen (0.09 miles)
Lady Mill, Aberdeen (0.19 miles)
Snow Church, Aberdeen (0.22 miles)
Aberdeen Snow, former parish, Old Machar (0.22 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Peter's Chapel, Aberdeen
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Peter's Cemetery
Head name
St Peter's Cemetery
Place
St Peter's Cemetery, Aberdeen
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
St Peter's Cemetery 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Peter's Cemetery Head nameSt Peter's Cemetery PlaceSt Peter's Cemetery, Aberdeen 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
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
