Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Bennet's Hill, Kinghorn
Grid reference
NT 266 878 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
326600 687800
Latitude
56.077432363089855
Longitude
-3.179393600192733
Altitude (metres)
92
County
Fife
Nearby places
Kinghorn (Easter), parish (0.67 miles)
Eglise Marie, eccles. Kinghorn (0.75 miles)
St Catherine's Chapel, Kirkcaldy & Dysart (1.39 miles)
St Helena, settlement, Kinghorn (1.42 miles)
St Catherinestoun, Kirkcaldy & Dysart (1.5 miles)
Object Classification
Relief
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kinghorn (Easter), parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Bennet's Hill
Head name
Bennet's Hill
Place
Bennet's Hill, Kinghorn
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Bennet's Hill 1856, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formBennet's Hill Head nameBennet's Hill PlaceBennet's Hill, Kinghorn 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
Benedict (ns) (maybe)
Benedict of Nursia (maybe)
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:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
