Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Maryfield, settlement South Leith
Grid reference
NT 270 746 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
327000 674600
Latitude
55.958906815957604
Longitude
-3.1693787251952714
County
Midlothian
Nearby places
Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh (0.44 miles)
St Margaret's Well, Edinburgh Canongate (0.56 miles)
St Margaret's Loch, Edinburgh (0.59 miles)
Canongate, parish Edinburgh (0.62 miles)
St Anthony's Chapel, Edinburgh Canongate (0.64 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
An area of housing on OS 6 inch 1st edn., now the name of a street in the same place (OS Digimap).
Relationships with other parishes
Within South Leith, modern parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Maryfield
Head name
Maryfield
Place
Maryfield, settlement South Leith
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
Maryfield 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formMaryfield Head nameMaryfield PlaceMaryfield, settlement South Leith Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 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.
Map Layers
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Satellite map with labels:
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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
