Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Bonoc's Chapel, Leuchars
Grid reference
NO 455 213 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
345500 721300
Latitude
56.380935581654754
Longitude
-2.8826478271547886
Altitude (metres)
20
County
Fife
Nearby places
Leuchars, parish (0 miles)
St Bunyan's Well, Leuchars (0.2 miles)
St Michaels, settlement, Leuchars (1.23 miles)
Forgan, parish FIF (2.91 miles)
St Fillan's Church, Forgan FIF (2.91 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
No evidence survives on the ground of the chapel, whose NGR given is that of the parish kirk, on the assumption that the chapel was at or near the kirk - not necessarily the case.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Leuchars, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella Sancti Bonoci
Head name
Capella Sancti Bonoci
Place
St Bonoc's Chapel, Leuchars
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Bonoci 1564, NAS
Historic formCapelle Sancti Bonoci Head nameCapella Sancti Bonoci PlaceSt Bonoc's Chapel, Leuchars Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceNAS, C2/36 no. 72 Date of citation1564 x 1564 Feature named in sourcecapella |
Source code
NAS
Source title
National Archives
Saints in this place-name
Bonoc, Bunyan (ns) (certain)
Bonoc of Leuchars (certain)
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