Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Catherine's Nunnery, Edinb. St Cuthberts
Grid reference
NT 260 720 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
326000 672000
Latitude
55.935395663831294
Longitude
-3.1846803638523538
County
Midlothian
Nearby places
St Leonard's Croft, Edinburgh Canongate (0 miles)
St Catherine's Place, Edinburgh St Cuthberts (0.06 miles)
Sciennes, Edinburgh St Cuthberts (0.22 miles)
St Giles's Grange, Edinburgh (0.26 miles)
St Patrick's Square, Edinburgh (0.5 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Sciennes, Edinburgh St Cuthberts
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Sanctae Catherinae de Sciennes
Head name
Sanctae Catherinae de Sciennes
Place
St Catherine's Nunnery, Edinb. St Cuthberts
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
Sancte Katherine de Cenis 1517, RMS
Historic formSancte Katherine de Cenis Head nameSanctae Catherinae de Sciennes PlaceSt Catherine's Nunnery, Edinb. St Cuthberts Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 170 Date of citation1517 x 1517 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
Catherine (ns) (certain)
Catherine of Siena (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Sciennes, Sciennes, Edinburgh St Cuthberts
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