Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St David's Harbour, Dalgety
Grid reference
NT 146 824 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
314600 682400
Latitude
56.0269315227836
Longitude
-3.370430821372733
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Davids, settlement Dalgety (0.14 miles)
St Heriots Well, Inverkeithing (1.04 miles)
St Peter's Church, Inverkeithing (1.04 miles)
Inverkeithing, parish (1.04 miles)
St John's Well, Inverkeithing (1.08 miles)
Object Classification
Coastal
Other
harbour
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
'The development of the industrial harbour of St David's began in 1752 when Sir Robert Henderson, laird of Fordell, purchased a small piece of ground facing the Firth of Forth where he built a harbour for exporting coal from his Fordell pits' At this place also arose a village called St Davids, which was removed to make way for the western expansion of Dalget Bay new town in the 1980s and 1990s(Taylor with Márkus i, 275-6).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dalgety, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Davids, settlement Dalgety
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St David's Harbour
Head name
St David's Harbour
Place
St David's Harbour, Dalgety
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
St David's Harbour 1786, Sasines
Historic formSt David's Harbour Head nameSt David's Harbour PlaceSt David's Harbour, Dalgety Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSasines, no. 1312 |
Source code
Sasines
Source title
Sasines
St David's 1795, OSA
Historic formSt David's Head nameSt David's Harbour PlaceSt David's Harbour, Dalgety SourceOSA, xv, 262 Date of citation1795 x 1795 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Saints in this place-name
David (ns) (certain)
David of Scotland (maybe)
David, king and psalmist (maybe)
Relationships with other place names
Name contains St Davids, St Davids, settlement Dalgety
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
