Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Catherine's Haugh, Cupar
Grid reference
NO 377 143 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
337700 714300
Latitude
56.3170852750413
Longitude
-3.007292077166369
Altitude (metres)
20
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Catherine's Cottage, Cupar (0.06 miles)
Lady Burn, Monimail/Cupar (0.12 miles)
St Catherine Street, Cupar (0.14 miles)
St Michael's Church, Tarvit, Cupar (0.18 miles)
St Michael's Hill, Tarvit, Cupar (0.18 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The haugh lies on the River Eden, which used to be the boundary between the parishes of Cupar CUP and Tarvit TVX. The haugh was owned by the Dominican community of Cupar, which was under the patronage of St Catherine (Taylor with Márkus iv, 310).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Cupar, parish
Within Cupar, parish
Within Tarvit, former parish, Cupar x Ceres (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Related ? St Catherine Street, Cupar
Contains St Catherine's Cottage, Cupar
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Catherine's Haugh
Head name
St Catherine's Haugh
Place
St Catherine's Haugh, Cupar
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
Sanct-Katherinis-hauch 1519, RMS
Historic formSanct-Katherinis-hauch Head nameSt Catherine's Haugh PlaceSt Catherine's Haugh, Cupar Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 196 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
Sanct-Katherineis-hauch 1543, RMS
Historic formSanct-Katherineis-hauch Head nameSt Catherine's Haugh PlaceSt Catherine's Haugh, Cupar Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 2964 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
Catherine (ns) (certain)
Catherine of Alexandria (certain) On the assumption that it shares the dediation of the nearby Dominican church of St Catherine, which was founded before Catherine of Siena was canonised.
Relationships with other place names
Same specific as Conventus Sanctae Catherinae, St Catherine's Priory & Church, Cupar
Place-name data
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