Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Leonard's Chapel, Edinburgh Canongate
Grid reference
NT 265 729 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
326500 672900
Latitude
55.94355790473033
Longitude
-3.1769228379907415
County
Midlothian
Nearby places
St Leonard's Hospital, Edinburgh (0 miles)
St Leonard's House, Edinburgh Canongate (0.14 miles)
St Leonard's, Edinburgh (0.14 miles)
St Patrick's Square, Edinburgh (0.26 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Edinburgh St Giles (0.32 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
See NMRS (Canmore ID 52540) for location and a brief history of the hospital and chapel of St Leonard.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Canongate, parish Edinburgh
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Leonard's Hospital, Edinburgh
Adjacent St Leonard's House, Edinburgh Canongate
Within St Leonard's Ward, Edinburgh Canongate
Within St Leonard's, Edinburgh
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Capella Sancti Leonardi
Head name
Capella Sancti Leonardi
Place
St Leonard's Chapel, Edinburgh Canongate
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Capella Sancti Leonardi 1493, Holy. Lib.
Historic formCapella Sancti Leonardi Head nameCapella Sancti Leonardi PlaceSt Leonard's Chapel, Edinburgh Canongate Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceHoly. Lib., Appendix, no. 23 (p. 234) Date of citation1493 x 1493 Notes on the context of this place-nameCartulary of Holyrood Abbey by Edinburgh. |
Source code
Holy. Lib.
Source title
Liber Cartarum Sancte Crucis
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1840
Notes
Cartulary of Holyrood Abbey by Edinburgh.
Saints in this place-name
Leonard (ns) (certain)
Leonard of Noblac (certain)
St Leonard's Chapel
Head name
St Leonard's Chapel
Place
St Leonard's Chapel, Edinburgh Canongate
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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
Capelle Sancti Leonardi 1494, RMS
Historic formCapelle Sancti Leonardi Head nameSt Leonard's Chapel PlaceSt Leonard's Chapel, Edinburgh Canongate Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 2192 Date of citation1494 x 1494 Feature named in sourcechapel 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
Saints in this place-name
Leonard (ns) (certain)
Leonard of Noblac (certain)
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