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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CHURCH on Site of St Ternan's Chapel [Kirkton of Slains] | Church Church Church |
Revd [Reverend] James Rust Minister Mr JR Souter Schoolmaster Mr Mitchell Kirkton |
048 | An extremely plain edifice erected AD 1804, seated for 600 persons, it is Surrounded by a graveyard. The Church is erected on the site of a Church which existed here previous to the Reformation called St Arnan's. |
MANSE [Kirkton of Slains] | Manse Manse Manse |
Revd [Reverend] James Rust Mr JR Souter Mr Mitchell |
048 | A plain substantial dwellinghouse with garden attached, erected by the heritors in the Year 1760. as a residence for the Minister. |
ST TERNAN'S WELL | St Arnan's Well St Arnan's Well St Arnan's Well |
Revd [Reverend] James Rust Mr JR Souter Mr Robertson Mudhole |
048 | A well in the garden of the Manse, supposed to have been the holy well attached to the church in ancient times - St Arnan is a corruption of St Ternan. |
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[Page] 69Parish of Slains -- Aberdeenshire
[Note beside 'St. Ternan's Well'] - Slains hath for its tutelar Saint Ternan, Chief bishop of the Picts. (Collections of the shires)
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