Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Andrew's Chapel, Elgin
Grid reference
NJ 140 570 (vague location)
Six-figure easting & northing
314000 857000
Latitude
57.595056145969494
Longitude
-3.4389326793867014
County
Morayshire
Nearby places
Vallis Sancti Andree, Elgin (0 miles)
Pluscarden Abbey, Elgin (0.32 miles)
Pluscarden, former parish, Elgin (0.39 miles)
Incharnock, settlement, Elgin (1.3 miles)
Badiemichael, settlement, Dallas (3.28 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The place appears in a charter of 1187 x 1189 in which William I confirms to the bishop of Moray 'the church of Elgin, with the chapel of St Andrew and the Chapel of Munben' (RRS ii, no. 272). As a thirteenth-century reference to Pluscarden Abbey in Elgin parish describes it as lying in 'vallis Sancti Andree', it may be that the chapel was associated with Pluscarden, but that is by no means certain.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Elgin (St Giles), parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella Sancti Andree
Head name
Capella Sancti Andree
Place
St Andrew's Chapel, Elgin
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Capella Sancti Andree 1187, RRS ii
Historic formCapella Sancti Andree Head nameCapella Sancti Andree PlaceSt Andrew's Chapel, Elgin Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 272 Date of citation1187 x 1189 Feature named in sourcechapel |
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
Andrew (ns) (certain)
Andrew the apostle (certain)
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