Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Bride's Chapel, Rothesay (Bute)
Grid reference
NS 083 648 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
208300 664800
Latitude
55.83829292644861
Longitude
-5.061766713341672
Altitude (metres)
35
County
Bute
Nearby places
Columshill, Rothesay (Bute) (0.22 miles)
Ladykirk, St Mary's Church, Rothesay (Bute) (0.69 miles)
St Mary's Well, Rothesay (0.71 miles)
Rothesay, parish (Bute) (0.71 miles)
Cill Bhruic, eccles., Rothesay (0.71 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
For more details, and discussion of this chapel and its cult, see Márkus 2012, 512-3.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kingarth, parish (Bute) (formerly)
Within Rothesay, parish (Bute)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Bride's Chapel
Head name
St Bride's Chapel
Place
St Bride's Chapel, Rothesay (Bute)
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Beate Brigide 1440, ER
Historic formCapella Beate Brigide Head nameSt Bride's Chapel PlaceSt Bride's Chapel, Rothesay (Bute) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceER, v, 83 Date of citation1440 x 1440 |
Source code
ER
Source title
The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland
Editors
J.Stuart & others
Year
1878-1908
Sanct Brydis chapell 1527, RSS
Historic formSanct Brydis chapell Head nameSt Bride's Chapel PlaceSt Bride's Chapel, Rothesay (Bute) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRSS, i no. 3825 Date of citation1527 x 1527 |
Source code
RSS
Source title
Registrum Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum
Editors
M.Livingstone et al.
Year
1908-
Saints in this place-name
Brig, Brigit, Bride (ns) (certain)
Brigit ingen Dubthaig (of Kildare) (certain)
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