Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Magdalene Croft, Aberdeen
Grid reference
NJ 938 070 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
393800 807000
Latitude
57.15401784670833
Longitude
-2.1024949047577297
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
St Anne's Chapel, Aberdeen (0.12 miles)
St Peter's Hospital, Aberdeen St Nicholas (0.39 miles)
St Peter's Cemetery, Aberdeen (0.42 miles)
St Peter's Chapel, Aberdeen (0.45 miles)
Church of St Nicholas, Aberdeen (0.51 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The name is shown on Aberdeen Burgh Chrs. map of late medieval/early modern Aberdeen, and the NGR inferred from that map.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Magdalene Croft
Head name
Magdalene Croft
Place
Magdalene Croft, Aberdeen
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Magdalene Croft 1890, Aberdeen Burgh Chrs.
Historic formMagdalene Croft Head nameMagdalene Croft PlaceMagdalene Croft, Aberdeen Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAberdeen Burgh Chrs., p. 469 (pull-out map) Date of citation1890 x 1890 Notes on the context of this place-namePrinted by Order of the Lord Provost, Magistrats and Town Council |
Source code
Aberdeen Burgh Chrs.
Author
Peter John Anderson
Source title
Charters and other Writs illustrating the History of the Royal Burgh of Aberdeen,MCLXI-MDCCCIV
Year
1890
Notes
Printed by Order of the Lord Provost, Magistrats and Town Council
Saints in this place-name
Mary Magdalene (ns) (certain)
Mary Magdalene (certain)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
