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Location: Lonmay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Lonmay, Aberdeenshire One Place Study
Lonmay is a village, as well as the name of a parish in the Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
This study includes all places within the parish of Lonmay.
The village of St Combs, in Lonmay Parish, has its own focused study: St. Combs, Aberdeenshire One Place Study
Name
(Scottish Gaelic: Lòn Magh)
From the Aberdeenshire OS Name Books (1865-1871):
- "The name of the parish from the oldest records, appears to have been Lonmey, - an appelation it is presumed of Celtic etymology & perhaps descriptive of the flat superficial character of the parish and more especially of its northern half, where the Church has always been situated." [1]
Geography
- Continent: Europe
- Sovereign State: United Kingdom
- Country: Scotland
- County: Aberdeenshire
- GPS Coordinates: 57.6182, -1.9779
- Elevation: 42.0 m or 137.8 feet
Population
Historical Population of Parish can be found on A Vision of Britain Through Time. [2]
WikiTree Links
Outside Links
- Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland 1884-85
- 1886 Slater's Royal National Commerical Directory of Scotland
- Wikidata: Item Q281188, en:Wikipedia
Sources
- ↑ "OS1/1/58/1 | Scotlandsplaces: Lonmay". (accessed 7 Nov 2022) via ScotlandsPlaces
- ↑ GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Lonmay ScoP through time | Population Statistics | Total Population, A Vision of Britain through Time. (accessed 7 Nov 2022) VisionOfBritain
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