Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Chapel, Aberdeen
Grid reference
NJ 920 030 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
392000 803000
Latitude
57.11805369922907
Longitude
-2.1321233286082517
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Banchory Devenick, parish (0.94 miles)
St Devenick's Church, Banchory Devenick (0.94 miles)
St John's Well, Aberdeen (1.24 miles)
St John's Hospital, Aberdeen (1.24 miles)
Peterburn, settlement Nigg NIG, KCD (1.49 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The chapel stood beside the Bridge of Dee, and James Gordon noted in about 1647 that it had been destroyed in the previous century (Geog. Coll. ii, 484).
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Mariae Sacellum
Head name
Mariae Sacellum
Place
St Mary'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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Mariae Sacellum 1647, Geog. Coll. II
Historic formMariae Sacellum Head nameMariae Sacellum PlaceSt Mary's Chapel, Aberdeen Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. II, 484 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
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
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