Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Devenick's Church, Banchory Devenick
Grid reference
NJ 906 024 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
390600 802400
Latitude
57.11263675073731
Longitude
-2.155222277875805
Altitude (metres)
10
County
Kincardineshire
Nearby places
Banchory Devenick, parish (0 miles)
St Devenick Cottage, Peterculter (0.69 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Aberdeen (0.94 miles)
St John's Well, Aberdeen (1.83 miles)
St John's Hospital, Aberdeen (1.83 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
It lies on the river, which here forms the county boundary between ABD (to the north) and KCD (to the south). The parish anciently straddled the county boundary.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Banchory Devenick, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Devenick's Church
Head name
St Devenick's Church
Place
St Devenick's Church, Banchory Devenick
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
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
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