Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Catherine's Garden, Dunfermline
Grid reference
NT 080 870 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
308000 687000
Latitude
56.06703024891184
Longitude
-3.4778832807544844
County
Fife
Nearby places
Dunfermline Abbey, Trinity, Dunfermline (0.57 miles)
St Catherine's Chapel, Dunfermline (0.59 miles)
St Catherine's Wynd, Dunfermline (0.59 miles)
Dunfermline, parish (0.61 miles)
Lady's Mill, Dunfermline (0.63 miles)
Object Classification
Field
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR offered on the basis of its presumed association with, and proximity to, St Catherine's Hospital/Almshouse in Dunfermline.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dunfermline, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Catherine's Chapel, Dunfermline
Adjacent St Catherine's Wynd, Dunfermline
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Hortus Sanctae Catherinae
Head name
Hortus Sanctae Catherinae
Place
St Catherine's Garden, Dunfermline
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Horto Diue Catherine 1555, Dunf. Reg.
Historic formHorto Diue Catherine Head nameHortus Sanctae Catherinae PlaceSt Catherine's Garden, Dunfermline Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDunf. Reg., p, 473 Date of citation1555 x 1583 |
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
Catherine (ns) (certain)
Catherine of Alexandria (certain)
Place-name data
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