Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Haly Blude Acres, Dunfermline
Grid reference
NT 095 876 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
309500 687600
Latitude
56.07270597277931
Longitude
-3.453999079408724
County
Fife
Nearby places
Dunfermline, parish (0.39 miles)
St Catherine's Chapel, Dunfermline (0.42 miles)
St Catherine's Wynd, Dunfermline (0.42 miles)
Dunfermline Abbey, Trinity, Dunfermline (0.45 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Dunfermline (0.56 miles)
Object Classification
Field
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Shown on OS 6 inch 1st edn as a piece of land lying between the railway (to the north) and East Port (to the south). Beside it is a row of houses called Martyr's Place.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dunfermline, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Haly Blude Acres
Head name
Haly Blude Acres
Place
Haly Blude Acres, Dunfermline
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Haly Blude Acres 1856, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formHaly Blude Acres Head nameHaly Blude Acres PlaceHaly Blude Acres, Dunfermline 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.
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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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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