Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Michael's Church, Glenbervie
Grid reference
NO 767 804 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
376700 780400
Latitude
56.91449289282962
Longitude
-2.38271357302023
Altitude (metres)
105
County
Kincardineshire
Nearby places
Glenbervie, parish (0 miles)
St Conan's Well, Glenbervie (0.57 miles)
Michael Fair, Glenbervie (1.02 miles)
St John's Chapel, episc. Glenbervie (1.1 miles)
Lady's Moss, settlement Glenbervie (2.28 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The old parish church of Glenbervie stood in the present burial ground. Only a fragment of tower or pillar remains (NMRS, q.v. for further details).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Glenbervie, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Michael's Church
Head name
St Michael's Church
Place
St Michael's Church, Glenbervie
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
Saints in this place-name
Michael (ns) (certain)
Michael, Archangel (certain)
Place-name data
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Satellite map with labels:
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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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