Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Fittick's Bay, Nigg KCD
Grid reference
NJ 960 040 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
396000 804000
Latitude
57.12709001001782
Longitude
-2.0660777353773367
County
Kincardineshire
Nearby places
Peterseat, Nigg NIG, KCD (0.32 miles)
St Fittick's Well, Nigg (0.44 miles)
Nigg, parish KCD, d. StA (0.57 miles)
St Fittick's Church, Nigg KCD (0.57 miles)
Peterburn, settlement Nigg NIG, KCD (1.07 miles)
Object Classification
Coastal
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The reference in the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century to this bay as 'St Fiacre's Bay' is taken to be an error for St Fittick's Bay, given its proximity to the church of that dedication in Nigg.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Nigg, parish KCD, d. StA
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Fittick's Church, Nigg KCD
Adjacent St Fittick's Ness, Nigg KCD
Adjacent St Fittick's Well, Nigg
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Fittick's Bay
Head name
St Fittick's Bay
Place
St Fittick's Bay, Nigg KCD
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
St. Fiacres Bay 1665, Geog. Coll. III
Historic formSt. Fiacres Bay Head nameSt Fittick's Bay PlaceSt Fittick's Bay, Nigg KCD Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. III, 232 Date of citation1665 x 1733 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. III
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Editors
Arthur Mitchel and James Toshach Clark
Series
Scottish History Society
Year
1908
San Fittrick’s Bay 1793, OSA
Historic formSan Fittrick’s Bay Head nameSt Fittick's Bay PlaceSt Fittick's Bay, Nigg KCD Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, vii, 213 Date of citation1793 x 1793 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Saints in this place-name
Fittick, Photinus (ns) (certain)
Fittick of Nigg, aka Photinus (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Same specific as St Fittick's Church, St Fittick's Church, Nigg KCD
Same specific as St Fittick's Well, St Fittick's Well, Nigg
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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