Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Serf's Hill, Dysart KDT
Grid reference
NT 303 932 (general (1km))
Six-figure easting & northing
330300 693200
Latitude
56.12649885908559
Longitude
-3.1213644391890316
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Serf's Cave, Dysart KDT (0.12 miles)
St Dennis Chapel, doubtful Dysart KDT (0.19 miles)
Dysart, former parish, Kirkcaldy & Dysart (0.19 miles)
St Serf's Church, Dysart KDT (0.2 miles)
St Mary's Well, Kirkcaldy KDT (1.33 miles)
Object Classification
Relief
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The name appears in a deed of 1545, and is mentioned as a local boundary. See Taylor with Márkus i, 469.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dysart, former parish, Kirkcaldy & Dysart (formerly)
Within Kirkcaldy & Dysart
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Serf's Hill
Head name
St Serf's Hill
Place
St Serf's Hill, Dysart KDT
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Sanct Serfs Hill 1545, Dysart Recs.
Historic formSanct Serfs Hill Head nameSt Serf's Hill PlaceSt Serf's Hill, Dysart KDT Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDysart Recs., 16 Date of citation1545 x 1545 |
Source code
Dysart Recs.
Source title
Notices from the Local Records of Dysart
Editors
W. Muir
Series
Maitland Club
Year
1853
Saints in this place-name
Serf (ns) (certain)
Serf of Culross (certain)
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