Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Peter's Church, Inverkeithing
Grid reference
NT 130 829 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
313000 682900
Latitude
56.03113522055785
Longitude
-3.39625997384008
Altitude (metres)
30
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Heriots Well, Inverkeithing (0 miles)
Inverkeithing, parish (0 miles)
St John's Well, Inverkeithing (0.12 miles)
St David's Harbour, Dalgety (1.04 miles)
St Davids, settlement Dalgety (1.14 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
'The dedication of the parish church to St Peter is first mentioned in 1581, but we can assume that this was its dedication at least since its re-consecration by Bishop David de Bernham in 1244' (Taylor with Márkus i, 370).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Inverkeithing, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Heriots Well, Inverkeithing
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Peter's Church
Head name
St Peter's Church
Place
St Peter's Church, Inverkeithing
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
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
Saints in this place-name
Peter (ns) (certain)
Peter, apostle (certain)
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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