Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Catherine's Cottage, Cupar
Grid reference
NO 377 144 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
337700 714400
Latitude
56.31798366486259
Longitude
-3.007315729150143
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Catherine's Haugh, Cupar (0.06 miles)
Lady Burn, Monimail/Cupar (0.06 miles)
St Catherine Street, Cupar (0.09 miles)
St Michael's Church, Tarvit, Cupar (0.14 miles)
St Michael's Hill, Tarvit, Cupar (0.14 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This cottage is presumably named after the haugh on which it stood, *St Catherine's Haugh. Catherine was the patron saint of the Dominican friary of Cupar, a community which owned land on both sides of the River Eden, one piece lying in the burgh, where St Catherine Street now runs, and St Catherine's Haugh on the other side of the river.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Cupar, parish
Within Tarvit, former parish, Cupar x Ceres (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Related ? St Catherine Street, Cupar
It lies across the river, at a distance of c.150 m.
Within St Catherine's Haugh, Cupar
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Catherine's Cottage
Head name
St Catherine's Cottage
Place
St Catherine's Cottage, Cupar
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
St Catherine's Cottage 1856, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Catherine's Cottage Head nameSt Catherine's Cottage PlaceSt Catherine's Cottage, Cupar 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
Catherine (ns) (certain)
Catherine of Alexandria (certain) on the assumption that it commemorates the same saint as St Catherine's Church CUP
Relationships with other place names
Same specific as Conventus Sanctae Catherinae, St Catherine's Priory & Church, Cupar
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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