Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Colmoc's Chapel, Kirriemuir
Grid reference
NO 380 540 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
338000 754000
Latitude
56.67377512201508
Longitude
-3.0118943770553237
County
Angus
Nearby places
St Mary's Episcopal Church, Kirriemuir (0.26 miles)
Kirriemuir, parish (0.38 miles)
St Mary's Church, (m'eval) Kirriemuir (0.38 miles)
Mary Well, Kirriemuir (0.38 miles)
Balbrydie, settlement, Kirriemuir (0.68 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR is implied by the statement that this place is in the cemetery of the parish kirk (see the entry for 1529). It may be that St Malcolm's Wynd (OS Digimap) a little to the North West of the kirk derives from a misunderstanding of some version of the name of this chaplainry, since there is no St Malcolm, while the saint's name Mo-Cholm (or Mo-Cholmóc) might easily be misrepresented as Malcolm.
Relationships with other places
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capellania Sancti Colmoci
Head name
Capellania Sancti Colmoci
Place
St Colmoc's Chapel, Kirriemuir
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
capellanie Sancti Colmoci 1529, RMS
Historic formcapellanie Sancti Colmoci Head nameCapellania Sancti Colmoci PlaceSt Colmoc's Chapel, Kirriemuir Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 764 Date of citation1529 x 1529 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
Columb, Colmán, Commán, Mo Cholmóc, Mo Chommóc, Mo Chumma, Columba, Columbanus etc (ns) (certain)
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