Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Roque's Chapel, Dundee
Grid reference
NO 407 307 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
340700 730700
Latitude
56.46480634128155
Longitude
-2.962504290553504
County
Angus
Nearby places
Lady Well, Dundee (0.31 miles)
St Clement's Church, Dundee (0.4 miles)
Dundee, parish (0.4 miles)
St Mary's Church, Dundee (0.53 miles)
St Nicholas' Chapel, Dundee (0.56 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR give is that offered by NMRS (q.v.) as the supposed site of the chapel, now covered by modern buildings. To the east lies OS Digimap St Roque's Lane (2013).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dundee, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella Sancti Rochi
Head name
Capella Sancti Rochi
Place
St Roque's Chapel, Dundee
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Capellam Sancti Rochi 1529, RMS
Historic formCapellam Sancti Rochi Head nameCapella Sancti Rochi PlaceSt Roque's Chapel, Dundee Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 765 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
Roch, Roque (ns) (certain)
Roch, hermit (certain)
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