Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary Magdalen's Chapel, poss. Dundee
Grid reference
NO 380 294 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
338000 729400
Latitude
56.452780122132346
Longitude
-3.0060120186789394
County
Angus
Nearby places
St Helen's, settlement Dundee (0.31 miles)
St James's Chapel (Franciscan), Dundee (0.72 miles)
St Joseph's RC Church (0.86 miles)
Logie-Dundee, former parish, Dundee (1.01 miles)
St Mary Terrace, Dundee (1.02 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records various speculations about the possibility of a convent of Magdalene nuns (unlikely) or a chapel of Mary Magdalene (possible) here. OS Digimap shows Magdalen Green and West Magdalen Green beside the site.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary Magdalen's Chapel
Head name
St Mary Magdalen's Chapel
Place
St Mary Magdalen's Chapel, poss. Dundee
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
St Mary Magdalen's Convent and Chapel 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Mary Magdalen's Convent and Chapel Head nameSt Mary Magdalen's Chapel PlaceSt Mary Magdalen's Chapel, poss. Dundee 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 Magdalene (ns) (certain)
Mary Magdalene (certain)
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