Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Holy Trinity Church, St Andrews, SSL
Grid reference
NO 509 166 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
350900 716600
Latitude
56.3393006714652
Longitude
-2.794324322356017
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Andrews & St Leonards, modern parish (0 miles)
St Mary's College, St Andrews & St Leonards (0.06 miles)
St Salvator's, eccles. and college, SSL (0.12 miles)
St Mary's Church, Market Street SSL (0.19 miles)
St Leonard's Hospital, SSL Fife (0.19 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The parish of this church is referred to as 'parochia Sancte Trinitatis' in 1165 x 1169 (RRS ii no. 28) when confirmed to St Andrews Cathedral Priory by William I.
Relationships with other parishes
Within St Andrews & St Leonards, modern parish
Within St Andrews, former parish, SSL (formerly)
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sanctae Trinitatis
Head name
Ecclesia Sanctae Trinitatis
Place
Holy Trinity Church, St Andrews, SSL
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Sancte Trinitatis 1140, St A. Lib.
Historic formSancte Trinitatis Head nameEcclesia Sanctae Trinitatis PlaceHoly Trinity Church, St Andrews, SSL Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSt A. Lib., 123 Date of citation1140 x 1140 Feature named in sourceparish (of the church of) |
Source code
St A. Lib.
Source title
Liber Cartarum Prioratus Sancti Andree in Scotia
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1841
Ecclesiam Sancte Trinitatis 1163, St A. Lib.
Historic formEcclesiam Sancte Trinitatis Head nameEcclesia Sanctae Trinitatis PlaceHoly Trinity Church, St Andrews, SSL Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSt A. Lib., 55 Date of citation1163 x 1163 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Source code
St A. Lib.
Source title
Liber Cartarum Prioratus Sancti Andree in Scotia
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1841
Ecclesiam Sancte Trinitatis 1471, RMS
Historic formEcclesiam Sancte Trinitatis Head nameEcclesia Sanctae Trinitatis PlaceHoly Trinity Church, St Andrews, SSL Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 1039 Date of citation1471 x 1471 Feature named in sourcechurch Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Saints in this place-name
Trinity (certain)
Holy Trinity Church
Head name
Holy Trinity Church
Place
Holy Trinity Church, St Andrews, SSL
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Saints in this place-name
Trinity (certain)
Place-name data
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