Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh
Grid reference
NT 251 735 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
325100 673500
Latitude
55.948732107664235
Longitude
-3.1995015699959644
County
Midlothian
Nearby places
Edinburgh St Cuthberts, parish (0.2 miles)
St Cuthbert's Ward, Edinburgh St C. (0.2 miles)
St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh (0.2 miles)
St John's Church, Edinburgh St C. (0.26 miles)
St Mary Magdalenes's, Edinburgh St Giles (0.32 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Edinburgh St Giles, parish
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Capella Sanctae Margaretae
Head name
Capella Sanctae Margaretae
Place
St Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
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 Sancte Margarete 1390, RMS
Historic formCapella Sancte Margarete Head nameCapella Sanctae Margaretae PlaceSt Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh SourceRMS, i no. 826 Date of citation1390 x 1390 Feature named in sourcechapel 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
Margaret (ns) (certain)
Margaret of Scotland (certain)
St Margaret's Chapel
Head name
St Margaret's Chapel
Place
St Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Saints in this place-name
Margaret (ns) (certain)
Margaret of Scotland (certain)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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