Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Chapel, Dunfermline
Grid reference
NT 091 868 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
309100 686800
Latitude
56.06544394722702
Longitude
-3.4601515160908463
County
Fife
Nearby places
Lady's Mill, Dunfermline (0.06 miles)
Dunfermline Abbey, Trinity, Dunfermline (0.28 miles)
St Catherine's Chapel, Dunfermline (0.33 miles)
St Catherine's Wynd, Dunfermline (0.33 miles)
St Leonard's Hospital, Dunfermline (0.39 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dunfermline, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Lady's Mill, Dunfermline
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella Sancte Marie
Head name
Capella Sancte Marie
Place
St Mary's Chapel, 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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
capelle Sancte Marie 1388, ER
Historic formcapelle Sancte Marie Head nameCapella Sancte Marie PlaceSt Mary's Chapel, Dunfermline Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceER, iii, 166 |
Source code
ER
Source title
The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland
Editors
J.Stuart & others
Year
1878-1908
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
Place-name data
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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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