Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Ninian's Chapel, eccles. KDT
Grid reference
NT 250 930 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
325000 693000
Latitude
56.12389892334477
Longitude
-3.206556383602317
County
Fife
Nearby places
Abbotshall, former parish KDT (1.68 miles)
St Brycedale, land unit Kirkaldy & Dysart (1.94 miles)
Kirkcaldy, former parish, KDT (2.03 miles)
St Bryce's Church, Kirkcaldy KDT (2.05 miles)
St Mary's Well, Kirkcaldy KDT (2.16 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This chapel gave its name to a settlement at NT253937. For discussion see Taylor with Márkus i, 480.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Abbotshall, former parish KDT (formerly)
Within Kinghorn (Easter), parish (formerly)
Within Kirkcaldy & Dysart
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Capella Divi Niniani
Head name
Capella Divi Niniani
Place
St Ninian's Chapel, eccles. KDT
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Capellam Divi Niniani 1621, RMS
Historic formCapellam Divi Niniani Head nameCapella Divi Niniani PlaceSt Ninian's Chapel, eccles. KDT Certainty that this name applies to this placeProbable SourceRMS, viii no. 173 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Saints in this place-name
Ninian of Whithorn (certain)
Ninian (ns) (certain)
St Ninian's Chapel
Head name
St Ninian's Chapel
Place
St Ninian's Chapel, eccles. KDT
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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
Historic formSanct Ninians Chapell Head nameSt Ninian's Chapel PlaceSt Ninian's Chapel, eccles. KDT Certainty that this name applies to this placePossible |
Historic formSanct Ninians Chapell Head nameSt Ninian's Chapel PlaceSt Ninian's Chapel, eccles. KDT Certainty that this name applies to this placePossible |
Author
Taylor, Simon
Source title
Iona Abbots in Scottish Place-Names
Editors
Dauvit Broun and Thomas Owen Clancy
Pages
35-70
Volume
Spes Scotorum, Hope of Scots:
Year
1999
Historic formSanct Ninians Chapell Head nameSt Ninian's Chapel PlaceSt Ninian's Chapel, eccles. KDT Certainty that this name applies to this placePossible |
Saints in this place-name
Ninian (ns) (certain)
Ninian of Whithorn (certain)
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