Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Davids, settlement Dalgety
Grid reference
NT 148 825 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
314800 682500
Latitude
56.02786544024869
Longitude
-3.367254164141981
Altitude (metres)
10
County
Fife
Nearby places
St David's Harbour, Dalgety (0.14 miles)
St Heriots Well, Inverkeithing (1.14 miles)
St Peter's Church, Inverkeithing (1.14 miles)
Inverkeithing, parish (1.14 miles)
St John's Well, Inverkeithing (1.18 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
For construction of the village of St Davids in the eighteenth century by Sir Robert Henderson, laird of Fordell, and for its destruction in the 1980s by the expansion of Dalgety Bay, see Taylor with Márkus i, 275-6.
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St David's Harbour, Dalgety
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Davids
Head name
St Davids
Place
St Davids, settlement Dalgety
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Davids 1856, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Davids Head nameSt Davids PlaceSt Davids, settlement Dalgety 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
David (ns) (certain)
Devenic of Banchory-Devenick (maybe)
David of Scotland (doubtful)
David of Wales (doubtful)
Relationships with other place names
Name is part of St David's Harbour, St David's Harbour, Dalgety
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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