Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Chapel, Arbuthnott
Grid reference
NO 801 746 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
380100 774600
Latitude
56.862542359167286
Longitude
-2.3264134746674916
Altitude (metres)
50
County
Kincardineshire
Nearby places
St Ternan's Church, Kilternan, Arbuthnott (0 miles)
Kilternan, settlement Arbuthnott (0 miles)
Arbuthnott, parish (0.06 miles)
Bervie, parish (2.17 miles)
St Mary's Church, Bervie (2.22 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The parish church was dedicated to St Ternan, and belonged to the Collegiate Church of St Mary of the Rock, in St Andrews. The Arbuthnott Aisle, built in the 1505, is named St Mary's Chapel because, according the minister of the parish in 1845, 'the lower part, which was arched, was originally dedicated as a chapel to the Virgin Mary' (NSA xi, 159). This explains the presence of two cults at this site. The chancel is thirteenth-century, the nave late medieval, restored in the nineteenth century (NMRS, q.v. for further discussion).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Arbuthnott, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary's Chapel
Head name
St Mary's Chapel
Place
St Mary's Chapel, Arbuthnott
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
St Mary's Chapel 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Mary's Chapel Head nameSt Mary's Chapel PlaceSt Mary's Chapel, Arbuthnott 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
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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