Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Anne's Chapel, Aberdeen
Grid reference
NJ 940 070 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
394000 807000
Latitude
57.15402050356582
Longitude
-2.0991886232375205
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Magdalene Croft, Aberdeen (0.12 miles)
St Peter's Hospital, Aberdeen St Nicholas (0.37 miles)
St Peter's Cemetery, Aberdeen (0.38 miles)
St Peter's Chapel, Aberdeen (0.43 miles)
Church of St Nicholas, Aberdeen (0.5 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
James Gordon remarks (circa 1647) that about half way between Aberdeen and Old Aberdeen, on the road called the Gallowgate (portam furcatam) there was a hospital for those suffering from leprosy (elephantiasi laborantibus), and a chapel of St Anne (patroness of that disease among the papists) was added to it by Master Alexander Galloway in 1519 (Geog. Coll. ii, 483).
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Sacellum Sanctae Annae
Head name
Sacellum Sanctae Annae
Place
St Anne's Chapel, 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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Sacellum Sanctae Annae 1647, Geog. Coll. II
Historic formSacellum Sanctae Annae Head nameSacellum Sanctae Annae PlaceSt Anne's Chapel, Aberdeen Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. II, 483 Date of citation1647 x 1647 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. II
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Editors
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
2 of 3
Saints in this place-name
Anne (ns) (certain)
Anne, mother of Mary (certain)
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