Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Thomas's Chapel, Dumfries
Grid reference
NX 972 760 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
297200 576000
Latitude
55.06774690161212
Longitude
-3.6099821038558404
Altitude (metres)
10
County
Dumfriesshire
Nearby places
Holy Rood Chapel, aka St Christopher's, Dumfries (0.22 miles)
St John's Land, settlement, Dumfries. (0.31 miles)
Dumfries, parish (0.31 miles)
St Michael's Church, Dumfries (0.31 miles)
St Catherine's Cottage, Dumfries (0.36 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
See NMRS for the site and its history, and a description of surviving parts of the chapel in the nineteenth century. Prof. Barrow notes of this chapel that 'The somewhat unusual attestation of the Abbot of Arbroath [witness: Henrico Abbate Sancti Thome] in the south-west of Scotland may go to confirm the suggestion that St Thomas's Chapel in Dumfries was dedicated to Thomas of Canterbury'. We might also note that its earliest appearance in charters of William I lends itself to this suggestion, as William was the founder of St Thomas of Arbroath, and contemporary writers interpreted his capture at Alnwick in 1174 as a triumph for Thomas of Canterbury.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dumfries, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella Sancti Thome
Head name
Capella Sancti Thome
Place
St Thomas's Chapel, Dumfries
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Capella sancti Thome 1183, Kel. Lib.
Historic formCapella sancti Thome Head nameCapella Sancti Thome PlaceSt Thomas's Chapel, Dumfries Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceKel. Lib., p317 no. 411 Date of citation1183 x 1188 Feature named in sourcechapel |
Source code
Kel. Lib.
Source title
Liber S. Marie de Calchou
Series
Bannatyne Club
Volume
2
Year
1846
Capella Sancti Thome 1183, RRS ii
Historic formCapella Sancti Thome Head nameCapella Sancti Thome PlaceSt Thomas's Chapel, Dumfries Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 254 Date of citation1183 x 1188 Feature named in sourcechapel |
Associated person or bodyWilliam I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Capella Sancti Thome 1189, RRS ii
Historic formCapella Sancti Thome Head nameCapella Sancti Thome PlaceSt Thomas's Chapel, Dumfries Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 367 Date of citation1189 x 1195 Feature named in sourcechapel |
Associated person or bodyWilliam I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Saints in this place-name
Thomas (ns) (certain)
Thomas of Canterbury (probable)
Thomas, apostle (maybe)
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