Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Chapel, Strathmiglo
Grid reference
NO 185 092 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
318500 709200
Latitude
56.268359887621116
Longitude
-3.3160685299965427
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Martin's Church, Strathmiglo (2.02 miles)
Strathmiglo, parish (2.08 miles)
Ecclesmartin, settlement Strathmiglo (2.08 miles)
Falkland, parish (aka Kilgour) (2.37 miles)
Kilgour, eccles. Falkland (2.37 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
A chapel of Balmerino Abbey, among lands in its lordship, it gives its name to Chapel Den and Chapel Well nearby (Taylor with Márkus, iv, 675). For further details see ibid. 688.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Strathmiglo, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary's Chapel
Head name
St Mary's Chapel
Place
St Mary's Chapel, Strathmiglo
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Sanct-Mareis-chapell 1632, RMS
Historic formSanct-Mareis-chapell Head nameSt Mary's Chapel PlaceSt Mary's Chapel, Strathmiglo Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, viii no. 2023 Date of citation1632 x 1632 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
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
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