Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St James' Chapel, Inverkeithing
Grid reference
NT 131 804 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
313100 680400
Latitude
56.008695719292234
Longitude
-3.393846336431862
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Margarets, settlement Inverkeithing (0.62 miles)
St Margaret's Hope, Inverkeithing (1.3 miles)
South Queensferry, modern former parish, Dalmeny (1.37 miles)
St David's Harbour, Dalgety (1.55 miles)
St Heriots Well, Inverkeithing (1.55 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records (Canmore ID 50941): the remains of the chapel are incorporated into the remains of a graveyard wall. This chapel, together with half of the Queensferry, formerly held by Roger de Mowbray, was granted by Robert I to Dnfermline Abbey in 1320 x 1322 (RRS v no. 413). The chapel was granted to Dunfermline Abbey in the same year by bishop William of St Andrews (Dunf. Reg. no. 367).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dunfermline, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella Sancti Jacobi
Head name
Capella Sancti Jacobi
Place
St James' Chapel, Inverkeithing
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Capelle Sancti Jacobi 1323, Dunf. Reg.
Historic formCapelle Sancti Jacobi Head nameCapella Sancti Jacobi PlaceSt James' Chapel, Inverkeithing Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDunf. Reg., no. 367 Date of citation1323 x 1323 |
Source code
Dunf. Reg.
Source title
Registrum de Dunfermelyn
Editors
C. Innes [though not named]
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1842
Saints in this place-name
James (ns) (certain)
James the Great, apostle (probable)