Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Charity's Chapel, Rathven
Grid reference
NJ 500 670 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
350000 867000
Latitude
57.69030239008326
Longitude
-2.838757788138512
County
Banffshire
Nearby places
St Mary's Well, Cullen (0.26 miles)
St Mary's Well, Rathven (0.31 miles)
Marywell Lodge, Rathven (0.32 miles)
Marywell Cottage, Cullen (0.32 miles)
Three Kings (of Cullen), Rathven (0.35 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The chapel as shown on Roy's map appears to be the same place as the chapel shown on OS 6 inch map at NJ502671, but this is not certain. However, it is unlikely that there would be two chapels in this vicinity, close to the north-eastern boundary of the parish. NMRS records this as 'St Mary's Chapel', but no indication is given as to the evidence for this dedication. It may be that the apparent conflict between St Charity and BVM is that the chapel was dedicated to Our Lady of Charity. The place is shown on Pont MS no. 9 (1583 x 1596) as 'Forskan Kirk', referring to the farm of Farskane (OS 6 inch map) beside which it lay.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Rathven, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Charity's Chapel
Head name
St Charity's Chapel
Place
St Charity's Chapel, Rathven
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Charitys Chapel 1747, Roy
Historic formSt Charitys Chapel Head nameSt Charity's Chapel PlaceSt Charity's Chapel, Rathven Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRoy Date of citation1747 x 1752 Notes on the context of this place-nameDate for Scotland north of a line from Glasgow to Edinburgh - survey done 1749-52; presented to the king in 1755. For more details see The Early Maps of Scotland 1, 108-9. Note the existence of protracted and fair copies for parts of Scotland. See also full discussion in Whittington, G., 1986i, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part One), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (1), 18-28; and: Whittington, G., 1986ii, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part Two), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (2), 66-73. |
Source code
Roy
Source title
Military Map of Scotland
Editors
General Roy
Year
1749- 1755
Notes
Date for Scotland north of a line from Glasgow to Edinburgh - survey done 1749-52; presented to the king in 1755. For more details see The Early Maps of Scotland 1, 108-9. Note the existence of protracted and fair copies for parts of Scotland. See also full discussion in Whittington, G., 1986i, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part One), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (1), 18-28; and: Whittington, G., 1986ii, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part Two), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (2), 66-73.
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