Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Leonards, former parish, SSL
Grid reference
NO 513 165 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
351300 716500
Latitude
56.33844353339774
Longitude
-2.7878354276574604
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Leonards College, SSL (0.06 miles)
St Leonard's Hospital, SSL Fife (0.09 miles)
St Leonard's Church, SSL Fife (0.09 miles)
St Rules Tower, St Andrews SSL (0.09 miles)
St Regulus Church, SSL (0.09 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
'St Leonards parish consisted of lands which had been given for the support of the pilgrims' hospital in St Andrews. This was initially known as 'the hospital of St Andrew(s)' ... but in the mid-thirteenth century it started to be referred to as the hospital of St Leonards' (PNF iii, 434).
Relationships with other parishes
Within St Andrews & St Leonards, modern parish
Within St Andrews, former parish, SSL (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Contains St Leonard's Church, SSL Fife
Contains St Leonard's Hospital, SSL Fife
Contains St Leonards College, SSL
Parish details
St Leonards part of St Andrews SAW and ST Leonards SSL
Parish TLA
SLE
County
Fife
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Leonards
St Leonards 1855, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Leonards Head nameSt Leonards PlaceSt Leonards, former parish, SSL Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1855 x 1855 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Place-name data
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