Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Chapel, Reay
Grid reference
ND 024 700 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
302400 970000
Latitude
58.60732185619846
Longitude
-3.6799890515424045
Altitude (metres)
15
County
Caithness
Nearby places
St Mary's Well, Reay (0.19 miles)
Cross Kirk, church, Thurso (0.31 miles)
Crosskirk, settlement, Thurso (0.32 miles)
Craig Andrew, Thurso (0.36 miles)
St Peter's Chapel, Reay (1.27 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The presence of a Marian chapel and well in the parish may relate to the following record from 1726 (Geog. Coll. i, 181): ‘The privileges of this town ... having only two mercats in the year. One in the latter end of August called Marymes, and the other about the middle of December called St Kenla mas fare’.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Reay, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Mary's Well, Reay
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary's Chapel
Head name
St Mary's Chapel
Place
St Mary's Chapel, Reay
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
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
St Mary's Chapel 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Mary's Chapel Head nameSt Mary's Chapel PlaceSt Mary's Chapel, Reay Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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