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Lonmay, Aberdeenshire One Place Study

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Location: Lonmay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdommap
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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]

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This profile is part of the Lonmay, Aberdeenshire One Place Study.
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Sources

  1. "OS1/1/58/1 | Scotlandsplaces: Lonmay". (accessed 7 Nov 2022) via ScotlandsPlaces
  2. 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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