Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Church, Inverness
Grid reference
NH 664 455 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
266400 845500
Latitude
57.48025215655902
Longitude
-4.228486267234066
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
Inverness, former parish, Inverness & Bona (0 miles)
St Andrews episcoplian cathedral, Inverness (0.43 miles)
Maryhill, settlement Inverness & Bona (0.67 miles)
Maryfield, settlement Inverness & Bona (0.69 miles)
Craig Phadrig, Inverness & Bona (1.5 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Parish church of Ineverness, parts of the medieval buildings still survive.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Inverness & Bona
Within Inverness, former parish, Inverness & Bona (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sanctae Mariae
Head name
Ecclesia Sanctae Mariae
Place
St Mary's Church, Inverness
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
ecclesie Sancte Marie 1165, RRS ii
Historic formecclesie Sancte Marie Head nameEcclesia Sanctae Mariae PlaceSt Mary's Church, Inverness Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 117 Date of citation1165 x 1171 Feature named in sourceecclesia |
Associated person or bodyWilliam I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
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