Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Margaret's Tenement, Dundee
Grid reference
NO 400 300 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
340000 730000
Latitude
56.45842910974949
Longitude
-2.9737032881983274
County
Angus
Nearby places
St Mary's Well, Dundee (0 miles)
St Clement's Toft, Dundee (0 miles)
St Mary's Church, Dundee (0.09 miles)
St Andrew's R.C. Cathedral, Dundee (0.14 miles)
St Nicholas' Chapel, Dundee (0.2 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The tenement was described in 1511 as lying 'on the north side of the market square' (which was on the site of modern High Street). It provided 26s. 8d. annual rent to support the perpetual chaplain at the altar of St Margaret (RMS ii no. 3650).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dundee, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Tenementum Sanctae Margaretae
Head name
Tenementum Sanctae Margaretae
Place
St Margaret's Tenement, Dundee
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Tenementi Sancte Margarete 1511, RMS
Historic formTenementi Sancte Margarete Head nameTenementum Sanctae Margaretae PlaceSt Margaret's Tenement, Dundee Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no, 3650 Date of citation1511 x 1511 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
Margaret (ns) (certain)
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