Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Magdalene's Hospital, Perth
Grid reference
NO 110 217 (general (1km))
Six-figure easting & northing
311000 721700
Latitude
56.37929401558515
Longitude
-3.4413629209170598
Altitude (metres)
55
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
St Magdalene's, settlement Perth (0 miles)
Perth-St Leonard's, former parish, Perth (0.19 miles)
St Leonard's church & hospital, Perth (0.19 miles)
St Magdalene's Hill, Perth (0.38 miles)
St Leonard's Bridge, Perth (0.69 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Notes
Although sometimes described as a nunnery, the records clearly indicate it was a hospital whose master had payments made to him from 1327. In 1425 it was described as a poor's hospital, governed by secular layment. It stood near the modern Magdalene's Farm, past which went the old road from Perth to Edinburgh (NMRS, q.v. for further details).
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?hospitale Beatae Mariae Magdalene
Head name
hospitale Beatae Mariae Magdalene
Place
St Magdalene's Hospital, Perth
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete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
hospitalis Beate Marie Magdalene 1364, RMS
Historic formhospitalis Beate Marie Magdalene Head namehospitale Beatae Mariae Magdalene PlaceSt Magdalene's Hospital, Perth Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i no. 174 Date of citation1364 x 1364 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 Magdalene (ns) (certain)
Mary Magdalene (certain)
St Magdalene's Hospital
Head name
St Magdalene's Hospital
Place
St Magdalene's Hospital, Perth
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?
Yes
Saints in this place-name
Mary Magdalene (ns) (certain)
Mary Magdalene (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of St Magdalene's, St Magdalene's, settlement Perth
Is source of St Magdalene's Hill, St Magdalene's Hill, Perth
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