Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Perth-St John's, parish
Grid reference
NO 119 235 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
311900 723500
Latitude
56.3956308592815
Longitude
-3.4273971967845562
Nearby places
St John's Kirk, Perth (0 miles)
Our Lady's Chapel, Perth (0.06 miles)
Loretto Chapel, Perth (0.19 miles)
Our Lady of Loretto Chapel, Perth (0.19 miles)
St Laurence Chapel, Perth (0.2 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for St John's Kirk.
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Contains Loretto Chapel, Perth
Contains Our Lady of Loretto Chapel, Perth
Contains Our Lady's Chapel, Perth
Contains St Catherine's Chapel & Hospital, Perth
Contains St Catherine's Retail Park, Perth
Contains St John's Kirk, Perth
Contains St John's Toun, Perth
Contains St Laurence Chapel, Perth
Contains St Leonard's Bank, Perth
Contains St Leonard's Bridge, Perth
Contains St Leonard's church & hospital, Perth
Contains St Magdalene's Hill, Perth
Contains St Magdalene's Hospital, Perth
Contains St Magdalene's Hospital, Perth
Contains St Magdalene's, settlement Perth
Contains St Paul's (hospital) Chapel, Perth
Parish TLA
PTH
County
Perthshire
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Perth
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Perth
Place
Perth-St John's, parish
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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formPert This is not a hagiotoponym. Head namePerth PlacePerth-St John's, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS i, no. 157 Date of citation1157 x 1160 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Associated person or bodyMalcolm IV, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS i
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum
Editors
G.W.S.Barrow
Secondary Title
The Acts of Malcolm IV 1153- 1165
Volume
i
Year
1960
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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