Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Leonard's Hospital, SSL Fife
Grid reference
NO 512 166 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
351200 716600
Latitude
56.339331680075716
Longitude
-2.7894715386385407
Altitude (metres)
15
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Leonard's Church, SSL Fife (0 miles)
St Leonards College, SSL (0.06 miles)
St Leonards, former parish, SSL (0.09 miles)
St Andrews, settlement, SSL (0.09 miles)
St Andrews, former parish, SSL (0.09 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Other
hospital
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The hospital, founded in the twelfth century as part of the property of St Andrews priory, was initially referred to as 'hospitalis Sancti Anddree' or 'hospitalis de Sancto Andrea', but this was not the dedication of the hospital. It was an indication that the hospital was in the town of St Andrews or belonged to the priory of St Andrew. By 1413 the hospital chapel had become a church (St A. Lib. 15), and its nominal parish was the property given to the hospital to support its work. See St Andrews Church SSL. Ultimately in February 1512 'the hospital and church of St Leonard joined there to, newly built in proper form at the expense of the Church of St Andrews' were turned by Archbishop Stewart and Prior John Hepburn into a college 'to be called the College of Poor Clerks of the Church of St Andrews.'
Relationships with other parishes
Within St Andrews & St Leonards, modern parish
Within St Andrews, former parish, SSL (formerly)
Within St Leonards, former parish, SSL (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Hospitale Sancti Leonardi
Head name
Hospitale Sancti Leonardi
Place
St Leonard's Hospital, SSL Fife
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Hospitale Sancti Leonardi 1240, St A. Lib.
Historic formHospitale Sancti Leonardi Head nameHospitale Sancti Leonardi PlaceSt Leonard's Hospital, SSL Fife Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSt A. Lib., 281 Date of citation1240 x 1250 Feature named in sourcehospital |
Source code
St A. Lib.
Source title
Liber Cartarum Prioratus Sancti Andree in Scotia
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1841
Hospitale Sancti Leonardi 1248, St A. Lib.
Historic formHospitale Sancti Leonardi Head nameHospitale Sancti Leonardi PlaceSt Leonard's Hospital, SSL Fife Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSt A. Lib., 103 Date of citation1248 x 1248 Feature named in sourcehospital |
Associated person or bodyPope Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
St A. Lib.
Source title
Liber Cartarum Prioratus Sancti Andree in Scotia
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1841
Hospitale Sancti Leonardi 1471, RMS
Historic formHospitale Sancti Leonardi Head nameHospitale Sancti Leonardi PlaceSt Leonard's Hospital, SSL Fife Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 1039 Date of citation1471 x 1471 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
St Leonard's College 1793, OSA
Historic formSt Leonard's College Head nameHospitale Sancti Leonardi PlaceSt Leonard's Hospital, SSL Fife Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, vol. 5 p171 Date of citation1793 x 1793 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Saints in this place-name
Leonard (ns) (certain)
Leonard of Noblac (certain)