Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mark's Place, South Leith
Grid reference
NT 254 756 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
325400 675600
Latitude
55.967644868948526
Longitude
-3.195279638502499
County
Midlothian
Nearby places
St Mary's Church, Edinburgh St C. (0.56 miles)
Catherine Bank, settlement North Leith (0.65 miles)
St Bernard's Church, Edinburgh St C. (0.66 miles)
St Stephen's Church, Edinburgh St C (0.67 miles)
North Leith, modern parish (0.75 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
OS Digimap shows St Mark's Bridge and St Mark's Park nearby, neither of which is named on OS 6 inch 1st edn.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mark's Place
Head name
St Mark's Place
Place
St Mark's Place, South Leith
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
St Mark's Place 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Mark's Place Head nameSt Mark's Place PlaceSt Mark's Place, 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.
Saints in this place-name
Mark (ns) (certain)
Mark, evangelist (certain)
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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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
