Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lady's Mill, Dunfermline
Grid reference
NT 090 868 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
309000 686800
Latitude
56.06542493972735
Longitude
-3.4617572551056397
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Mary's Chapel, Dunfermline (0.06 miles)
Dunfermline Abbey, Trinity, Dunfermline (0.26 miles)
St Catherine's Chapel, Dunfermline (0.32 miles)
St Catherine's Wynd, Dunfermline (0.32 miles)
Dunfermline, parish (0.38 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The mill was named after St Mary's Chapel, which lay nearby (Taylor with Márkus i, 329)
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dunfermline, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Mary's Chapel, Dunfermline
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lady's Mill
Head name
Lady's Mill
Place
Lady's Mill, Dunfermline
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
Lady's Mill 1856, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formLady's Mill Head nameLady's Mill PlaceLady's Mill, 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.
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Lady, Our Lady (certain)
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:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
