Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Chapel, Edinburgh St Giles
Grid reference
NT 260 730 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
326000 673000
Latitude
55.9443795803909
Longitude
-3.1849546304114056
County
Midlothian
Nearby places
St Patrick's Square, Edinburgh (0.14 miles)
St Mary in the Fields, Edinburgh (0.2 miles)
St Leonard's House, Edinburgh Canongate (0.26 miles)
St Leonard's Chapel, Edinburgh Canongate (0.32 miles)
St Leonard's Hospital, Edinburgh (0.32 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Modern St Mary's Street, formerly St Mary Wynd, took its name 'from the chapel and hospice of St Mary ... which stood on its west side about forty yards south of the Netherbow, on land later entered from World's End Close. Said to have been originally Cistercian, it was in the control of the Town Council in 1499, and they were still operating it as a refuge for the destitute in 1589' (Harris 1996, 505). In 1542 it was referred to as lying 'in the burgh of Edinburgh, on the south side of the public street' (infra burgum de Edinburgh ex parte australi vici publici) (RMS iii no. 2822).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Edinburgh St Giles, parish
Relationships with other places
Within St Mary's Street, Edinburgh
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella Beatae Mariae
Head name
Capella Beatae Mariae
Place
St Mary's Chapel, Edinburgh St Giles
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Capelle Beate Marie 1542, RMS
Historic formCapelle Beate Marie Head nameCapella Beatae Mariae PlaceSt Mary's Chapel, Edinburgh St Giles Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 2822 Date of citation1542 x 1542 Feature named in sourcechapel and hospital 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
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
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