Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Nicholas Chapel, Duncanlaw, Yester
Grid reference
NT 540 680 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
354000 668000
Latitude
55.90294947850207
Longitude
-2.7357960868501268
County
East Lothian
Nearby places
Yester (alias Bothans), parish (0.61 miles)
St Cuthbert's Church, Yester (0.61 miles)
Baro, former parish, Garvald & Baro (1.88 miles)
St Mungo's Kirk, Baro, Garvald & Baro (1.88 miles)
Bolton, parish (2.39 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
No remains of this chapel. Duncanlaw is a farm on the eastern side of Gifford.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Nicholas Chapel
Head name
St Nicholas Chapel
Place
St Nicholas Chapel, Duncanlaw, Yester
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Nicolai 1554, RMS
Historic formCapella Sancti Nicolai Head nameSt Nicholas Chapel PlaceSt Nicholas Chapel, Duncanlaw, Yester Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i, app. 2, no. 1859 Date of citation1554 x 1579 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
St Nicholas Chappel 1622, RMS
Historic formSt Nicholas Chappel Head nameSt Nicholas Chapel PlaceSt Nicholas Chapel, Duncanlaw, Yester Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i, app. 2, no. 1859 Date of citation1622 x 1632 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
Nicholas (ns) (certain)
Nicholas, bishop of Myra (certain)
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