Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Ternan's Chapel, Banchory Devenick
Grid reference
NO 936 968 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
393600 796800
Latitude
57.06237700080715
Longitude
-2.1055403726424853
Altitude (metres)
25
County
Kincardineshire
Nearby places
St Ternan's Well, Banchory Devenick (0.14 miles)
Marywell, settlement, Banchory Devenick (1.37 miles)
St Ternan's Episcopal Church, Fetteresso (3.64 miles)
Banchory Devenick, parish (3.94 miles)
St Devenick's Church, Banchory Devenick (3.94 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The chapel is referred to in 1725 as 'The Chappel of Findon' (Geog. Coll. i, 108). NMRS records that there are no remains here now but notes OS Name Book report: 'The site was pointed out by R Walker who removed the foundations some years ago'. A field situated to the north of the site is called 'Chapel Bank'. Name Book 1864.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Banchory Devenick, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Ternan's Well, Banchory Devenick
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Ternan's Chapel
Head name
St Ternan's Chapel
Place
St Ternan's Chapel, Banchory Devenick
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
St Ternan's Chapel 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Ternan's Chapel Head nameSt Ternan's Chapel PlaceSt Ternan's Chapel, Banchory Devenick 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.
Relationships with other place names
Same specific as St Ternan's Well, St Ternan's Well, Banchory Devenick
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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