Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Forbes, frmr parish, Tullynessle & Forbes
Grid reference
NJ 519 169 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
351900 816900
Latitude
57.24047378337485
Longitude
-2.797032668859192
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Tibberchindy, Alford (0.75 miles)
Tibberchindy, well, Alford (1.18 miles)
Nine Maidens' Well, Auchindoir & Kearn (1.56 miles)
Cross of St Catherine, Alford (1.76 miles)
Machar's Haugh, Kildrummy (1.94 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for Forbes Old Parish kirk, on a curve in the River Don, which is the parish boundary. The building is seventeenth-century, perhaps incorporating earlier work (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Parish details
Forbes part of Tullynessle TNX and Forbes TUF (united
Parish TLA
FBX
Medieval diocese
Aberdeen
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Forbes
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Forbes
Place
Forbes, frmr parish, Tullynessle & Forbes
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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
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:
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