Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Thomas's Hospital, Portmoak
Grid reference
NO 186 015 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
318600 701500
Latitude
56.1992075708741
Longitude
-3.3120873892177594
Nearby places
St Mary's Church, Scotlandwell, Portmoak (0.06 miles)
St John's Well, Portmoak (0.76 miles)
Portmoak, settlement Portmoak (0.92 miles)
Portmoak, parish, aka Kirkness (0.92 miles)
Portmoak, eccles. Portmoak (0.92 miles)
Object Classification
Other
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
For discussion of this site and its history, see Taylor 2017, 485-7.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Hospitale Sancti Thomae
Head name
Hospitale Sancti Thomae
Place
St Thomas's Hospital, Portmoak
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Hospitale Sancte Thome 1179, St A. Lib.
Historic formHospitale Sancte Thome Head nameHospitale Sancti Thomae PlaceSt Thomas's Hospital, Portmoak Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSt A. Lib., 146 Date of citation1179 x 1183 |
Source code
St A. Lib.
Source title
Liber Cartarum Prioratus Sancti Andree in Scotia
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1841
Saints in this place-name
Thomas (ns) (certain)
Thomas of Canterbury (probable)
Thomas, apostle (maybe)
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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