Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Lawrence's Chapel, Dumfries
Grid reference
NY 010 710 (general (1km))
Six-figure easting & northing
301000 571000
Latitude
55.02359967397551
Longitude
-3.5487592942203303
County
Dumfriesshire
Nearby places
North Kirkblain, settlement Caerlaverock (0.67 miles)
Kirkblane, settlement Caerlaverock (1.23 miles)
Caerlaverock, parish aka Kirkblane DMF (1.27 miles)
Kirkblane/Kilblain, ~eccles. Caerlaverock (1.27 miles)
St Columba's Chapel, Caerlaverock (2.32 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR is for the settlement of Kelwood with which this chapel was associated.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dumfries, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella Sancti Laurentii
Head name
Capella Sancti Laurentii
Place
St Lawrence's Chapel, Dumfries
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Laurencii 1215, Kel. Lib.
Historic formcapella sancti Laurencii Head nameCapella Sancti Laurentii PlaceSt Lawrence's Chapel, Dumfries Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceKel. Lib., p266 no. 332 Date of citation1215 x 1215 Feature named in sourcechapel |
Source code
Kel. Lib.
Source title
Liber S. Marie de Calchou
Series
Bannatyne Club
Volume
2
Year
1846
Capelle Sancti Laurentii 1542, RMS
Historic formCapelle Sancti Laurentii Head nameCapella Sancti Laurentii PlaceSt Lawrence's Chapel, Dumfries Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 2721 Date of citation1542 x 1542 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
Laurence (ns) (certain)
Laurence, Roman martyr (certain)
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