Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St John's Church, Gamrie
Grid reference
NJ 791 644 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
379100 864400
Latitude
57.669239387327686
Longitude
-2.3503930598841887
Altitude (metres)
55
County
Banffshire
Nearby places
Gamrie, parish (0 miles)
St John's Well, Gamrie (0.06 miles)
St John's Stone, Gamrie (0.26 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Gamrie (2.36 miles)
Drostan Den, Aberdour (2.89 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The early sixteenth-century church, with seventeenth-century additions, is now in ruins. It was dedicated to St John the Evangelist. It is sometimes referred to as 'the Kirk of Skulls' from the 3 skulls, said to be of Danes, which decorated the inside of the church. See NMRS.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Gamrie, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St John's Well, Gamrie
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St John's Church
Head name
St John's Church
Place
St John's Church, Gamrie
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St John's Church 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt John's Church Head nameSt John's Church PlaceSt John's Church, Gamrie Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Saints in this place-name
John (ns) (certain)
John the Apostle or Evangelist (certain)
Place-name data
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