Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Leonard's House, Edinburgh Canongate
Grid reference
NT 264 731 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
326400 673100
Latitude
55.94533938928024
Longitude
-3.1785782854149915
County
Midlothian
Nearby places
St Leonard's Chapel, Edinburgh Canongate (0.14 miles)
St Leonard's Hospital, Edinburgh (0.14 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Edinburgh St Giles (0.26 miles)
St Patrick's Square, Edinburgh (0.26 miles)
St Leonard's, Edinburgh (0.28 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Canongate, parish Edinburgh
Relationships with other places
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Leonard's House
Head name
St Leonard's House
Place
St Leonard's House, 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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
St Leonard's House 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Leonard's House Head nameSt Leonard's House PlaceSt Leonard's House, Edinburgh Canongate 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
Leonard (ns) (certain)
Leonard of Noblac (certain)
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
