Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Jerome's Chapel, Dunkeld
Grid reference
NO 031 424 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
303100 742400
Latitude
56.56366196219686
Longitude
-3.5769419607290636
Nearby places
Little Dunkeld, parish (0.22 miles)
St Mary's Church, episc. Little Dunkeld (0.38 miles)
St Ninian's Croft, Dunkeld & Dowally (0.39 miles)
St Mary's Tower, Little Dunkeld (0.45 miles)
Dunkeld - St Columba, former parish, DDA (0.5 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records that the building had been levelled by the mid-nineteenth century, but that it had been erected for the people of Fungorth. Some faint traces remain.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Jerome's Chapel
Head name
St Jerome's Chapel
Place
St Jerome's Chapel, Dunkeld
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
St Jerome's Chapel 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Jerome's Chapel Head nameSt Jerome's Chapel PlaceSt Jerome's Chapel, Dunkeld Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 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.
Saints in this place-name
Jerome (ns) (certain)
Jerome, monk and doctor of the Church (certain)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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