Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St James's Chapel (Franciscan), Dundee
Grid reference
NO 390 300 (general (1km))
Six-figure easting & northing
339000 730000
Latitude
56.45830078636862
Longitude
-2.989928961245928
County
Angus
Nearby places
St Joseph's RC Church (0.14 miles)
St Mary Terrace, Dundee (0.43 miles)
St Andrew's R.C. Cathedral, Dundee (0.57 miles)
St Mary's Well, Dundee (0.62 miles)
St Margaret's Tenement, Dundee (0.62 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
There was a chapel of St James held by Franciscan sisters in the burgh of Dundee, with an adjacent croft, at the west end of the burgh beside the gate called 'Argilisgait' in 1502 (RMS ii no. 2637)
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dundee, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella Sancti Jacobi
Head name
Capella Sancti Jacobi
Place
St James's Chapel (Franciscan), Dundee
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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
Saints in this place-name
James (ns) (certain)
James the Great, apostle (probable)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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