Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Aberdeen Snow, former parish, Old Machar
Grid reference
NJ 939 079 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
393900 807900
Latitude
57.162104837550444
Longitude
-2.100863769635975
Nearby places
Snow Church, Aberdeen (0 miles)
Lady Mill, Aberdeen (0.12 miles)
St Mary's College, Old Aberdeen (0.12 miles)
St Peter's Chapel, Aberdeen (0.14 miles)
St Peter's Hospital, Aberdeen St Nicholas (0.2 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for Snow Church (OS Digimap).
Relationships with other places
Contains Snow Church, Aberdeen
Contains St Catharine's Hill, Aberdeen
Parish details
Aberdeen Snow now part of old Aberdeen.
Parish TLA
AWX
Medieval diocese
Aberdeen
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Aberdeen Snow
Head name
Aberdeen Snow
Place
Aberdeen Snow, former parish, Old Machar
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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formSnaw Head nameAberdeen Snow PlaceAberdeen Snow, former parish, Old Machar Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRPS, 1617/5/72 Date of citation1617 x 1617 Feature named in sourcevicarage |
Source code
RPS
Source title
Records of Parliament of Scotland
Place-name data
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