Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Marygate, Pittenweem
Grid reference
NO 549 026 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
354900 702600
Latitude
56.21391381165353
Longitude
-2.7272288628667103
County
Fife
Nearby places
St John's Episcopal Church, Pittenweem (0 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Pittenweem (0.06 miles)
St Fillan's Well, Pittenweem (0.06 miles)
Pittenweem, modern parish (0.06 miles)
St Fillan's Cave, Pittenweem (0.06 miles)
Object Classification
Other
Street
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
While the most likely dedication is the BVM, there was a cult of Mary Magdalene in Pittenweem, with Mary Magdalene's Well nearby and a fair on her feast day, so a commemoration of Mary Magdalene is possible.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Anstruther Wester, parish (formerly)
Within Pittenweem, modern parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Marygate
Head name
Marygate
Place
Marygate, Pittenweem
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Mary Gate 1665, Geog. Coll. III
Historic formMary Gate Head nameMarygate PlaceMarygate, Pittenweem Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. III, 219 Date of citation1665 x 1733 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. III
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Editors
Arthur Mitchel and James Toshach Clark
Series
Scottish History Society
Year
1908
Mary St 1855, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formMary St Head nameMarygate PlaceMarygate, Pittenweem Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1855 x 1855 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) (probable)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (probable)
Mary Magdalene (ns) (maybe)
Mary Magdalene (maybe)
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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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