Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Abbey, Culross
Grid reference
NS 988 862 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
298800 686200
Latitude
56.05798726232162
Longitude
-3.625305301458879
Altitude (metres)
50
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Mungo's Chapel, Culross (0.22 miles)
Culross, parish (0.57 miles)
Torryburn, parish (2.35 miles)
Bo'ness, former parish, aka Kinneil, BCN (3.57 miles)
Tulliallan, parish (3.59 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Culross, parish
Names
3 head-names linked to this place ?Culross
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Culross
Place
St Mary's Abbey, Culross
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Cuilendros 800, CGSH
Historic formCuilendros This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameCulross PlaceSt Mary's Abbey, Culross Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceCGSH, 722.106 Date of citation800 x 900 |
Source code
CGSH
Source title
Corpus Genealogiarum Sanctorum Hiberniae
Year
1985
Culenros 1200, Vita Sancti Servani
Historic formCulenros This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameCulross PlaceSt Mary's Abbey, Culross Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceVita Sancti Servani, 140 Date of citation1200 x 1200 Feature named in sourceecclesiam et cymiterium |
Source code
Vita Sancti Servani
Author
Alan Macquarrie
Source title
Vita Sancti Servani: The Life of St Serf
Journal
Innes Review
Pages
122-52
Volume
44
Year
1993
Ecclesia Sanctae Mariae
Head name
Ecclesia Sanctae Mariae
Place
St Mary's Abbey, Culross
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
Sancte Marie 1300
Historic formSancte Marie Head nameEcclesia Sanctae Mariae PlaceSt Mary's Abbey, Culross Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1300 x 1400 |
Sancte Marie 1300
Historic formSancte Marie Head nameEcclesia Sanctae Mariae PlaceSt Mary's Abbey, Culross Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1300 x 1400 |
Author
Taylor, Simon
Source title
Iona Abbots in Scottish Place-Names
Editors
Dauvit Broun and Thomas Owen Clancy
Pages
35-70
Volume
Spes Scotorum, Hope of Scots:
Year
1999
Sancte Marie 1300
Historic formSancte Marie Head nameEcclesia Sanctae Mariae PlaceSt Mary's Abbey, Culross Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1300 x 1400 |
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
Ecclesia Sancti Servani
Head name
Ecclesia Sancti Servani
Place
St Mary's Abbey, Culross
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
sancto Seruano 1235, Lind. Cart.
Historic formsancto Seruano Head nameEcclesia Sancti Servani PlaceSt Mary's Abbey, Culross Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceLind. Cart., no. 51 Date of citation1235 x 1235 |
Associated person or bodyHugh, abbot (of St Serf's) Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
Lind. Cart.
Source title
Chartulary of the Abbey of Lindores Scottish History Society
Year
1903
Saints in this place-name
Serf (ns) (certain)
Serf of Culross (certain)
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