Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Our Lady of Loretto Chapel, Perth
Grid reference
NO 116 235 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
311600 723500
Latitude
56.39557483901791
Longitude
-3.432256087804985
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
Loretto Chapel, Perth (0 miles)
St Paul's (hospital) Chapel, Perth (0.14 miles)
Perth-St John's, parish (0.19 miles)
St John's Kirk, Perth (0.19 miles)
Our Lady's Chapel, Perth (0.2 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Perth-St John's, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Beatae Virginis Mariae de Laureto
Head name
Ecclesia Beatae Virginis Mariae de Laureto
Place
Our Lady of Loretto Chapel, Perth
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Ecclesie Beate Virginis Marie de Laureto 1528, RMS
Historic formEcclesie Beate Virginis Marie de Laureto Head nameEcclesia Beatae Virginis Mariae de Laureto PlaceOur Lady of Loretto Chapel, Perth Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 722 Date of citation1528 x 1528 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 of Loreto (certain)
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