Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Magdalens, hospital & lands, Linlithgow
Grid reference
NT 011 771 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
301100 677100
Latitude
55.9767293128694
Longitude
-3.5850307159236574
County
West Lothian
Nearby places
St Magdalen's Chapel, Linlithgow (0 miles)
St Magdalen's Well, Linlithgow (0.06 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Linlithgow (0.43 miles)
Linlithgow, parish (0.56 miles)
St Michael's Church, Linlithgow (0.56 miles)
Object Classification
Other
hospital
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
In 1795 it was recorded that the chief fair in Linlithgow was 'St Magdalene's on 2nd of August' (OSA xiv, 560). Notes in St A. Cop., p. 439 state that it 'stood at the east end of the town, at the foot of Pilgrim's Hill, where a Lazirite convent had existed since the time of Alexander II. The hospital is sometimes said to have been founded by James I, but it was existent much earlier, for Edward III in 1336 appointed a preceptor.' NMRS records (Camore ID 49189): The Hospital of St Mary Magdalene is first mentioned in 1335. It is recorded as a poor's hospital in 1528, but may originally have been a leper-hospital, as payments to the Lazar House of Linlithgow are recorded in the fifteenth century. See NMRS for further details. The hospital sat on lands, or had lands nearby, called Magdalenside. These lands appear in RMS ii no. 2051 (1490 x 1491): '9 sol. de una acra terre campestris in le Magdaleneside; 2 sol. 3 den de una perticata terre campestris in Magdaleneside; 2 sol.3 den. de alia perticata terre ibidem; 4 sol. 6 den. de dimedia acra terre campestris in le Magdaleneside', the rent from these lands now being used to support a chaplainry of St John the Baptist in the parish kirk of Linlithgow. A short distance to the west of the hospital is St Magdalen's Distillery (OS 6 inch 1st edn).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Linlithgow, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Magdalen's Chapel, Linlithgow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Magdalens
Head name
St Magdalens
Place
St Magdalens, hospital & lands, Linlithgow
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Hospitale Beate Marie Magdalene 1430, RMS
Historic formHospitale Beate Marie Magdalene Head nameSt Magdalens PlaceSt Magdalens, hospital & lands, Linlithgow Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 154 Date of citation1430 x 1430 Feature named in sourcehospital 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
Hospitalis Sancte Marie Magdalene 1432, St A. Cop.
Historic formHospitalis Sancte Marie Magdalene Head nameSt Magdalens PlaceSt Magdalens, hospital & lands, Linlithgow Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSt A. Cop., no, 50 Date of citation1432 x 1432 Feature named in sourcehospital |
Source code
St A. Cop.
Author
J.H. Baxter
Source title
Copiale Prioratus Sanctiandree
Year
1930
hospitale of the Magdalenys 1435, St A. Cop.
Historic formhospitale of the Magdalenys Head nameSt Magdalens PlaceSt Magdalens, hospital & lands, Linlithgow Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSt A. Cop., 129 Date of citation1435 x 1435 Feature named in sourcehospital |
Source code
St A. Cop.
Author
J.H. Baxter
Source title
Copiale Prioratus Sanctiandree
Year
1930
St Magdalens 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Magdalens Head nameSt Magdalens PlaceSt Magdalens, hospital & lands, Linlithgow Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 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
Mary Magdalene (ns) (certain)
Mary Magdalene (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Same specific as St Magdalen's Chapel, St Magdalen's Chapel, Linlithgow