Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Andrews, settlement, SSL
Grid reference
NO 513 167 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
351300 716700
Latitude
56.34024041458186
Longitude
-2.7878724572696263
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Andrews, former parish, SSL (0 miles)
St Andrews Cathedral, SSL Fife (0 miles)
St Rules Tower, St Andrews SSL (0.09 miles)
St Regulus Church, SSL (0.09 miles)
St Leonard's Hospital, SSL Fife (0.09 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR is for St Andrews Cathedral, the heart of the city.
Relationships with other parishes
Within St Andrews & St Leonards, modern parish
Within St Andrews, former parish, SSL (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Andrews
Head name
St Andrews
Place
St Andrews, settlement, SSL
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Sainct Andrews 1654, Blaeu
Historic formSainct Andrews Head nameSt Andrews PlaceSt Andrews, settlement, SSL Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Fife Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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