Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Ninemaiden Chapel, Drumblade
Grid reference
NJ 585 372 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
358500 837200
Latitude
57.423478180966704
Longitude
-2.6910936609269203
Altitude (metres)
185
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Brideswell, settlement Drumblade (1.24 miles)
Brideswell, ~well, Drumblade (1.24 miles)
Teller's Well, Drumblade (1.69 miles)
Drumblade, parish (1.87 miles)
Ladyscroft, settlement Forgue (3.12 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The chapel is associated in a charter of 1624 with Chapelton in Drumblade, beside the chapel and a well. Nothing remains of the building. The well is recorded by OS surveyors in 1871 as having been, until recently, resorted to for its healing properties, but by that date nearly filled with shingle (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Drumblade, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ninemaiden Chapel
Head name
Ninemaiden Chapel
Place
Ninemaiden Chapel, Drumblade
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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
Nynemadinchapell 1624, RMS
Historic formNynemadinchapell Head nameNinemaiden Chapel PlaceNinemaiden Chapel, Drumblade Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, viii no. 645 Date of citation1624 x 1624 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Saints in this place-name
Nine Maidens (certain)
Nine Maidens (ns) (certain)