Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lady's Craig, St Andrews & St Leonards
Grid reference
NO 520 166 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
352000 716600
Latitude
56.33941344081579
Longitude
-2.7765307353291933
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Mary's Church (on the rock) SSL (0.31 miles)
St Nicholas Burn, St Andrews & St Leonards (0.35 miles)
St Rules Tower, St Andrews SSL (0.37 miles)
St Regulus Church, SSL (0.37 miles)
St Andrews, settlement, SSL (0.44 miles)
Object Classification
Coastal
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
A coastal rock by St Andrews. It lies near the end of the pier which begins beside St Mary's on the Rock, alias Lady's Chapel.
Relationships with other parishes
Within St Andrews & St Leonards, modern parish
Within St Andrews, former parish, SSL
Within St Andrews, former parish, SSL (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Adjoined to St Mary's Church (on the rock) SSL
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lady's Craig
Head name
Lady's Craig
Place
Lady's Craig, St Andrews & St Leonards
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Lady's Craig 1855, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formLady's Craig Head nameLady's Craig PlaceLady's Craig, St Andrews & St Leonards Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. 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
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Lady, Our Lady (certain)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
