Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's College, Old Aberdeen
Grid reference
NJ 939 081 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
393900 808100
Latitude
57.16390164757834
Longitude
-2.1008686613385184
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Snow Church, Aberdeen (0.12 miles)
Aberdeen Snow, former parish, Old Machar (0.12 miles)
Lady Mill, Aberdeen (0.18 miles)
St Peter's Chapel, Aberdeen (0.26 miles)
St Clair House, Aberdeen (0.31 miles)
Object Classification
Other
College
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The college was founded by bishop William Elphinstone of Aberdeen in 1495. It was later known as King's College.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Novum Collegium Beatae Virginis Mariae
Head name
Novum Collegium Beatae Virginis Mariae
Place
St Mary's College, Old 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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Novum Collegium Beate Virginis Marie 1506, RMS
Historic formNovum Collegium Beate Virginis Marie Head nameNovum Collegium Beatae Virginis Mariae PlaceSt Mary's College, Old Aberdeen Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 2936 Date of citation1506 x 1506 Feature named in sourcecollege 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
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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