Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Catherine's Chapel, Dunfermline
Grid reference
NT 089 873 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
308900 687300
Latitude
56.06989727100581
Longitude
-3.4635331839542167
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Catherine's Wynd, Dunfermline (0 miles)
Dunfermline, parish (0.06 miles)
Dunfermline Abbey, Trinity, Dunfermline (0.06 miles)
Lady's Mill, Dunfermline (0.32 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Dunfermline (0.33 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
There are no certain remains of this building, first attested as a chapel attached to an almshouse for the poor in 1327 (Dunf. Reg. no. 370). It presumably lay near St Catherine's Wynd and St Catherine's Garden. Note that in 1555 x 1583 there is a record of St Catherine's Doocot, 'Columbario Diue Catherine', which may have lain close to these places (Dunf. Reg. p. 490). RMS iv no. 2969 (1580) describes its situation: 'hospitium et sacellum Dive Katherine, cum domibus, edificiis, horto seu pomerio et columbario, et hortulo super dictum hortum constructo inter torrentem fortalicii ex occidentali, terras Wil. Durie ex boreali, vias regias ex ceteribus partibus.'
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dunfermline, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Catherine's Garden, Dunfermline
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella Sanctae Catherinae Virginis
Head name
Capella Sanctae Catherinae Virginis
Place
St Catherine's Chapel, Dunfermline
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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
Capellam Sancte Katherine Virginis 1327, Dunf. Reg.
Historic formCapellam Sancte Katherine Virginis Head nameCapella Sanctae Catherinae Virginis PlaceSt Catherine's Chapel, Dunfermline Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDunf. Reg., no. 370 Date of citation1327 x 1327 Feature named in sourcecapella |
Source code
Dunf. Reg.
Source title
Registrum de Dunfermelyn
Editors
C. Innes [though not named]
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1842
hospitium et sacellum Dive Katherine 1580, RMS
Historic formhospitium et sacellum Dive Katherine Head nameCapella Sanctae Catherinae Virginis PlaceSt Catherine's Chapel, Dunfermline Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iv no. 2969 Date of citation1580 x 1580 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Saints in this place-name
Catherine (ns) (certain)
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