Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Clement's Church, Dundee
Grid reference
NO 403 302 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
340300 730200
Latitude
56.46026395249718
Longitude
-2.9688813036868322
Altitude (metres)
10
County
Angus
Nearby places
Dundee, parish (0 miles)
St Mary's Church, Dundee (0.14 miles)
St Nicholas' Chapel, Dundee (0.19 miles)
St Nicholas Crag, Dundee (0.19 miles)
St Mary's Well, Dundee (0.22 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
There was a 'St Clement's Cemetery' (cimiterii Sancti Clementis), presumably close to the church, which is mentioned in 1490 (RMS ii no. 1970). See NMRS for desccription of the building and its location and its destruction in 1547. The location of this kirk is reflected by the place-name in City Square, 'St Clements Lane', shown in 1821 as forming the NE and SE sides of the square on John Wood's 1821 'Plan of Dundee' available at: http://maps.nls.uk/towns/detail.cfm?id=331.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dundee, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Clement's Toft, Dundee
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sancti Clementis
Head name
Ecclesia Sancti Clementis
Place
St Clement's Church, Dundee
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
ecclesiam sancti Clementis martiris 1244, Lind. Cart.
Historic formecclesiam sancti Clementis martiris Head nameEcclesia Sancti Clementis PlaceSt Clement's Church, Dundee Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceLind. Cart., no. 89 Date of citation1244 x 1273 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Source code
Lind. Cart.
Source title
Chartulary of the Abbey of Lindores Scottish History Society
Year
1903
Saints in this place-name
Clement (ns) (certain)
Clement , pope and martyr (certain)
St Clement's Church
Head name
St Clement's Church
Place
St Clement's Church, Dundee
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Clement's church 1793, OSA
Historic formSt Clement's church Head nameSt Clement's Church PlaceSt Clement's Church, Dundee Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, viii, 224 Date of citation1793 x 1793 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Saints in this place-name
Clement (ns) (certain)
Clement , pope and martyr (certain)