Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Glenbuchet, parish
Grid reference
NJ 375 151 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
337500 815100
Latitude
57.22256547466606
Longitude
-3.0351530347307283
Nearby places
St Peter's Church, Glenbuchet (0 miles)
Strathdon, parish, aka Invernochty (2.02 miles)
Kilbacho, settlement Kildrummy (2.84 miles)
Delavoran Haugh, Towie (3.13 miles)
St Ronald's Well, Towie (3.16 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the parish church of Glenbuchat, rebuilt in 1629 and again in the eighteenth century, which may occupy the site of the medieval kirk.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Logie-Mar, former parish, Logie-Coldstone
Within Logie-Mar, former parish, Logie-Coldstone (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Contains St Peter's Church, Glenbuchet
Contains St Peter's Church, Glenbuchet
Parish details
Originally a chapel of Logie-Mar, Glenbuchat was erected as a parish in 1470, and three years later arrangements were made for a chaplain, later a vicar, to serve the parish (Reg. Episc. Aberdon i, 368-9).
Parish TLA
GLB
County
Aberdeenshire
Medieval diocese
Aberdeen
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Glenbuchet
Glenbuchat 1470, Aberdeen Reg.
Historic formGlenbuchat Head nameGlenbuchet PlaceGlenbuchet, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAberdeen Reg., i, 308 Date of citation1470 x 1470 |
Source code
Aberdeen Reg.
Source title
Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis
Volume
2 vols.
Year
1845
Glenbuchatt 1560, Assumption
Historic formGlenbuchatt Head nameGlenbuchet PlaceGlenbuchet, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 425 Date of citation1560 approx x 1570 approx |
Source code
Assumption
Source title
The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation
Editors
J. Kirk
Series
Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21
Year
1995
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