Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Ninian's Chapel, St Ninians or Stirling
Grid reference
NS 796 930 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
279600 693000
Latitude
56.11461049055668
Longitude
-3.9365437930025813
County
Stirlingshire
Nearby places
St Ninian's Well, Stirling (0 miles)
St Michael's Hill, Stirling (0.35 miles)
Tibirmasko, ~well, St Ninians or Stirling (0.37 miles)
St Mary's Land, Stirling (0.37 miles)
St James Hospital, Stirling (0.37 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The advowson of the chapel is granted to James Sandilands in 1489, together with the lands of Bannockburn (Bannokburn), which are in St Ninians parish. This suggests that the chapel lay in this parish too, at the north end, where it approaches the burgh of Stirling. Canmore suggests that the chapel is close to the site of the former 'St Ninian's Well'. Also records during a plague in 1645, "and the burial of those that dyes of the plaige to be at the Chapel Well". This suggests that the chapel and the well were close together. The NGR given reflects this assumption.
Relationships with other parishes
Within St Ninians, parish aka Eccles/Kirkton STL
Within Stirling, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Ninian's Chapel
Head name
St Ninian's Chapel
Place
St Ninian's Chapel, St Ninians or Stirling
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
Sanct Rynnanis Chapell 1457, Dunf. Reg.
Historic formSanct Rynnanis Chapell Head nameSt Ninian's Chapel PlaceSt Ninian's Chapel, St Ninians or Stirling Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDunf. Reg., no. 451 Date of citation1457 x 1457 Feature named in sourcecroft of St Ninian's Chapel |
Source code
Dunf. Reg.
Source title
Registrum de Dunfermelyn
Editors
C. Innes [though not named]
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1842
Capelle almi confessoris Sancti Niniani 1489, RMS
Historic formCapelle almi confessoris Sancti Niniani Head nameSt Ninian's Chapel PlaceSt Ninian's Chapel, St Ninians or Stirling Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 1879 Date of citation1489 x 1489 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
Capelle Sancti Niniani 1510, RMS
Historic formCapelle Sancti Niniani Head nameSt Ninian's Chapel PlaceSt Ninian's Chapel, St Ninians or Stirling Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 3494 Date of citation1510 x 1510 Feature named in sourcechapel 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
Sanct Neinianis chapell 1565, Assumption
Historic formSanct Neinianis chapell Head nameSt Ninian's Chapel PlaceSt Ninian's Chapel, St Ninians or Stirling Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption Date of citation1565 x 1565 |
Source code
Assumption
Source title
The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation
Editors
J. Kirk
Series
Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21
Year
1995
Saints in this place-name
Ninian (ns) (certain)
Ninian of Whithorn (certain)
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