Volume contents
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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Site of ST FINIAN'S CHAPEL AND GRAVE YARD | Site of Chapel | Mr James Geddes, Tillathrowie Mr John Smith Coynachie Mr William Thomson Tillathrowie |
033 | No trace of this Chapel is to be seen. Nor was there a vestige of it standing more than a centuary ago. The site is in the corner of an arable field and when plowed, has a stony appearance quite different from the rest of the field. As no record of the date of its erection is to be found, it is probable that it was built as far back as the year 500. at the instigation of St. Finian, to which like the well near it, it was dedicated. (St Finian was among the primitive teachers of the Irish Church - but spent about .. [Continued on page 46] |
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County of Aberdeen Parish of Gartly
George Hobson C.A. [Civilian Assistant]
Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 36 - Parish of Gartly, OS1/1/36
This volume contains information on Aberdeenshire place names found in the parish of Gartly.
Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Aberdeen, which is in the north east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.