Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Michael's Chapel, Castle, Stirling
Grid reference
NS 789 940 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
278900 694000
Latitude
56.12341390778449
Longitude
-3.948249389315168
County
Stirlingshire
Nearby places
Stirling, parish (0.26 miles)
Holy Rude Church, Stirling (0.26 miles)
St Mary's Wynd, Stirling (0.28 miles)
St John Street, Stirling (0.31 miles)
St Roch's Chapel, Stirling (0.53 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Stirling, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella Beati Michaelis
Head name
Capella Beati Michaelis
Place
St Michael's Chapel, Castle, Stirling
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Beati Michaelis 1407, RMS
Historic formCapella Beati Michaelis Head nameCapella Beati Michaelis PlaceSt Michael's Chapel, Castle, Stirling Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i no. 895 Date of citation1407 x 1407 Feature named in sourcechapel 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
Michael (ns) (certain)
Michael, Archangel (certain)
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