Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's College, St Andrews & St Leonards
Grid reference
NO 509 165 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
350900 716500
Latitude
56.338402232201574
Longitude
-2.794305656068953
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Andrews & St Leonards, modern parish (0.06 miles)
Holy Trinity Church, St Andrews, SSL (0.06 miles)
St Leonards College, SSL (0.19 miles)
St Salvator's, eccles. and college, SSL (0.19 miles)
St Mary's Church, Market Street SSL (0.2 miles)
Object Classification
Other
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Part of the University of St Andrews, St Mary's College was founded in 1538 as 'The New College of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary' by Archbishop James Beaton. In 1579 it was reconstituted as teh faculty of divinity of the university.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary's College
Head name
St Mary's College
Place
St Mary's College, St Andrews & St Leonards
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
St Mary's College 1855, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Mary's College Head nameSt Mary's College PlaceSt Mary's College, St Andrews & St Leonards Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. 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
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
Map Layers
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Satellite map:
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Satellite map with labels:
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
