Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Nicholas' Chapel, Dundee
Grid reference
NO 403 299 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
340300 729900
Latitude
56.457568813501325
Longitude
-2.9688126906815984
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Angus
Nearby places
St Nicholas Crag, Dundee (0 miles)
St Mary's Church, Dundee (0.18 miles)
St Clement's Church, Dundee (0.19 miles)
Dundee, parish (0.19 miles)
St Mary's Well, Dundee (0.2 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
In 1490 the king confirmed a charter of John, Lord Glamis, granting 'the ground, rock and island commonly called Sanct Nicholas Crag, with donation and advowson of its chaplainry, on the sea-shore beside the town of Dundee' (RMS ii no. 1943). NMRS records the chapel 'said to have been founded by David, Earl of Huntingdon'. No trace survies.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dundee, parish
Relationships with other places
Within St Nicholas Crag, Dundee
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella Sancti Nicholai
Head name
Capella Sancti Nicholai
Place
St Nicholas' Chapel, Dundee
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
capella Sancti Nicholaii in Rupe 1527, RMS
Historic formcapella Sancti Nicholaii in Rupe Head nameCapella Sancti Nicholai PlaceSt Nicholas' Chapel, Dundee Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 494 Date of citation1527 x 1527 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
Nicholas (ns) (certain)
Nicholas, bishop of Myra (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Same specific as Sanct Nicholas Crag, St Nicholas Crag, Dundee
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