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Ordnance Survey - Perth county, OS Name Books - Perth county - Volume 3 - Parish of Abernethy, OS1/25/3

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[Page] 43A
O S O [Ordnance Survey Office] Perth
31st" March 1860
The objects described in this page has not
been yet written on plan, on account of the
difficulty ther is in getting sufficient infor
-mation concerning them. I will be seen
by the extracts annexed that there were
a monastery and College or Seminary
of the Culdees during very early ages,
and during sometime in these ages the church
was a Cathedral, (as the town was a bishop's
See) In 1273 the Culdee establishments were
abolished and became a Priory of Canons
Regular and about the 9th. Century the bishops
See was transferred to St.Andrews. and the
Church became a Collegiate institution with
Provost, Prebendaries, &c. It is also to be

Ordnance Survey - Perth county, OS Name Books - Perth county - Volume 3 - Parish of Abernethy, OS1/25/3

This volume contains information on the parish of Abernethy.

Ordnance Survey - Perth 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 Perth, which is in central Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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