Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Dennis Chapel, doubtful Dysart KDT
Grid reference
NT 303 929 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
330300 692900
Latitude
56.12380370519406
Longitude
-3.1212860233822726
Altitude (metres)
10
County
Fife
Nearby places
Dysart, former parish, Kirkcaldy & Dysart (0 miles)
St Serf's Church, Dysart KDT (0.06 miles)
St Serf's Cave, Dysart KDT (0.06 miles)
St Serf's Hill, Dysart KDT (0.19 miles)
St Mary's Well, Kirkcaldy KDT (1.25 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records a priory of Black Friars (i.e. Dominicans) in the town of Dysart with a chapel of St Dennis. It is highly unlikely that there was ever a Dominican priory here, though it is possible that the friars had a chapel and even a house in Dysart, though even this has no reliable evidence to substantiate it (Easson 1957). Ordnance Survey found no remains of a chapel at the site (cited by NMRS). See Taylor with Márkus i, 468-9 for further discussion.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dysart, former parish, Kirkcaldy & Dysart (formerly)
Within Kirkcaldy & Dysart
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Serf's Cave, Dysart KDT
Adjacent St Serf's Church, Dysart KDT
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Dennis Chapel
Head name
St Dennis Chapel
Place
St Dennis Chapel, doubtful Dysart KDT
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Dennis Chapel 1856, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Dennis Chapel Head nameSt Dennis Chapel PlaceSt Dennis Chapel, doubtful Dysart KDT 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
Dennis, Denis, Dionisius (ns) (certain)
Denis, bishop of Paris (probable)
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