Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kinghorn (Easter), parish
Grid reference
NT 272 869 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
327200 686900
Latitude
56.06943867580422
Longitude
-3.1695101486831203
Nearby places
Bennet's Hill, Kinghorn (0.67 miles)
Crombie, former parish Toryburn (1.32 miles)
Eglise Marie, eccles. Kinghorn (1.36 miles)
St Helena, settlement, Kinghorn (1.87 miles)
St Catherine's Chapel, Kirkcaldy & Dysart (1.93 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other places
Contains Bennet's Hill, Kinghorn
Contains Eglise Marie, eccles. Kinghorn
Contains Inchkeith, island Kinghorn
Contains St Catherine's Chapel, Kirkcaldy & Dysart
Contains St Catherinestoun, Kirkcaldy & Dysart
Contains St Helena, settlement, Kinghorn
Or may be in Kirkcaldy Dysart?
Contains St Leonard's Chapel, Kinghorn
Contains St Ninian's Chapel, eccles. KDT
Contains St Ninians Chapel, settlement KDT
Parish details
Kinghorn, formerly Kinghorn Easter or Magna to distinguish it from Kinghorn Wester or Parva (now Burntisland).
Parish TLA
KGH
County
Fife
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Parish notes
The lands of Carden formed a royal hunting forest from at least the 12th century, attached to the king’s constabulary of Kinghorn. In [1659] these lands became a barony, which comprised the Mains of Carden, Bowleys +, Bowhouse, Coalden and Keir(chapel), as well as the lands of Begg. These were all part of KGH until 1642, when they were annexed to ADN (Stevenson 1900, 240). The chapel at Keir(chapel) appears to have been a chapel-of-ease serving this remote corner of the parish, but dependent on the par. kirk of Kinghorn Easter. Its remains were found in 1993 at NGR NT23919458 (DES 1993, 28). SGF/1828 marks a 'burying place' on the site. There were two small detached portions of ABO within KGH. These consisted of 1) the lands of Inchkeirie + attached to the ancient chapel of St Malinus, an early possession of Inchcolm Abbey (Inchcolm Chrs. nos.1 and 2; see also above and Bothedlach BEA); and 2) the lands of Kilrie, also an early possession of Inchcolm (q.v.). 1) was disjoined from ABO and annexed to KGH in 1649 (APS vi part ii p.171); and 2) likewise in 1891. In 1901, when AAX, KXY and DYX were amalgamated to form the par. of Kirkcaldy and Dysart (KDT), a small part of KGH which lay south of the mouth of the Teil Burn, and which included Brigton * +, was annexed to KDT (Third Statistical Account, Fife, 469).
Names
3 head-names linked to this place ?Kinghorn
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Kinghorn
Place
Kinghorn (Easter), parish
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Kinghorn Easter
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Kinghorn Easter
Place
Kinghorn (Easter), parish
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Kinghorn Magna
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Kinghorn Magna
Place
Kinghorn (Easter), parish
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No