Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Roch's Chapel, Stirling
Grid reference
NS 796 945 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
279600 694500
Latitude
56.1280811455101
Longitude
-3.937220854525169
Altitude (metres)
10
County
Stirlingshire
Nearby places
St Mary's Wynd, Stirling (0.47 miles)
St Michael's Chapel, Castle, Stirling (0.53 miles)
Stirling, parish (0.56 miles)
Holy Rude Church, Stirling (0.56 miles)
St John Street, Stirling (0.61 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR given, as a vague location, is inferred from the charter of 1503 in which 'capella S. Rochi' is described as beside the south end of the bridge of Stirling (juxta australem finem pontis de Striveling) (RMS ii no. 2678). In the same charter the king is said to have founded the chapel himself (Rex ... in capella ... per ipsum fundata) for the celebration of daily Mass.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Stirling, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella Sancti Rochi
Head name
Capella Sancti Rochi
Place
St Roch's Chapel, Stirling
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Rochi 1502, RMS
Historic formCapella Sancti Rochi Head nameCapella Sancti Rochi PlaceSt Roch's Chapel, Stirling Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 2678 Date of citation1502 x 1502 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
Roch, Roque (ns) (certain)
Roch, hermit (certain)
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