Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Chapel, (ant.) Inverness & Bona
Grid reference
NH 731 464 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
273100 846400
Latitude
57.490255975616826
Longitude
-4.117285336945206
Altitude (metres)
75
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
Ladywell, settlement, Inverness & Bona (0.63 miles)
St Mary's Well, Inverness & Bona (0.89 miles)
St Bridget's Chapel, eccl. Croy & Dalcross (2.02 miles)
St Columba's Chapel, Petty (2.11 miles)
Petty, parish (2.15 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
OS Name Book recorded this as 'St Mary's Chapel (site of)...No remains of this chapel at present exist, but its site is carefully preserved from the plough.' A quantity of human bones had been turned up at the site. No traces existed by 1962, and the site was under the plough (NMRS). Note that St Mary's Well in this part of the same parish is said to be 'called after a chapel in the neighbourhood dedicated to St Mary' (OS Name Book) and this may well have been the chapel in question.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Inverness & Bona
Relationships with other places
Related ? St Mary's Well, Inverness & Bona
Names
3 head-names linked to this place ?Capella Beatae Mariae
Head name
Capella Beatae Mariae
Place
St Mary's Chapel, (ant.) Inverness & Bona
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Probable
The status of this name is
Obsolete
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
Capelle Beate Marie 1554, RMS
Historic formCapelle Beate Marie Head nameCapella Beatae Mariae PlaceSt Mary's Chapel, (ant.) Inverness & Bona Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i, app. 2, no. 1327 Date of citation1554 x 1579 Feature named in sourcechapel Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
Lady Chapel
Head name
Lady Chapel
Place
St Mary's Chapel, (ant.) Inverness & Bona
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
Lady Chappel 1622, RMS
Historic formLady Chappel Head nameLady Chapel PlaceSt Mary's Chapel, (ant.) Inverness & Bona Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i, app. 2, no. 1327 Date of citation1622 x 1632 Feature named in sourcechapel Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Lady, Our Lady (certain)
St Mary's Chapel
Head name
St Mary's Chapel
Place
St Mary's Chapel, (ant.) Inverness & Bona
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, (ant.) Inverness & Bona 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)
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