Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St John's Hospital, Aberdeen
Grid reference
NJ 920 050 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
392000 805000
Latitude
57.136021883016895
Longitude
-2.1321873317799462
Altitude (metres)
35
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
St John's Well, Aberdeen (0 miles)
Maryville, Aberdeen (1.02 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Aberdeen (1.24 miles)
St Mary's Well, Aberdeen (1.29 miles)
Ladycroft, settlement Aberdeen (1.31 miles)
Object Classification
Other
hospital
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR is an approximation. No remains of the hospital are known to have survived.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Hospitale Sancti Johannis Jerusalemitani
Head name
Hospitale Sancti Johannis Jerusalemitani
Place
St John's Hospital, Aberdeen
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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
Hospitale Sancti Johannis Jherosolomitani 1413, RMS
Historic formHospitale Sancti Johannis Jherosolomitani Head nameHospitale Sancti Johannis Jerusalemitani PlaceSt John's Hospital, Aberdeen Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i no. 943 Date of citation1413 x 1413 Feature named in sourcehospital lands Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Saints in this place-name
John (ns) (certain)
John the Baptist (certain)
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