Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Inverkeithing, parish
Grid reference
NT 130 829 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
313000 682900
Latitude
56.03113522055785
Longitude
-3.39625997384008
Nearby places
St Heriots Well, Inverkeithing (0 miles)
St Peter's Church, Inverkeithing (0 miles)
St John's Well, Inverkeithing (0.12 miles)
St David's Harbour, Dalgety (1.04 miles)
St Davids, settlement Dalgety (1.14 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the medieval church, St Peter's IKG
Relationships with other places
Contains St Heriots Well, Inverkeithing
Contains St John's Well, Inverkeithing
Contains St Margaret's Hope, Inverkeithing
Contains St Margarets, settlement Inverkeithing
Contains St Peter's Church, Inverkeithing
Parish TLA
IKG
County
Fife
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Parish notes
It first appears as a chapel belonging to Dunfermline Abbey (Dunf. Reg. no. 92; = NLS Adv. MS 15.1.18 no. 82). It first appears as a church in 1165 x 1182 (Dunf. Reg. no. 165).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Inverkeithing
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Inverkeithing
Place
Inverkeithing, parish
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Inuirkethin 1666, Dunf. Reg.
Historic formInuirkethin This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameInverkeithing PlaceInverkeithing, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDunf. Reg., no. 165 Date of citation1666 x 1182 Feature named in sourceecclesia |
Associated person or bodyWaldeve, son of Gospatrick Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
Dunf. Reg.
Source title
Registrum de Dunfermelyn
Editors
C. Innes [though not named]
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1842
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