Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Theriot's Chapel, Dalgety
Grid reference
NT 146 853 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
314600 685300
Latitude
56.052982567906454
Longitude
-3.3713545533332474
Altitude (metres)
65
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Theriot's Well, Dalgety (0 miles)
St Theriot's Lands, Dalgety (0.42 miles)
St John's Well, Inverkeithing (1.69 miles)
Dalgety, parish (1.7 miles)
St Davids, settlement Dalgety (1.74 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
For discussion of this chapel and the cult, see Taylor & Márkus i, 257-8. The NGR given is for the chapel of Fordell Castle, which though it is not the medieval chapel is thought to have been constructed on the same site.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dalgety, parish
Relationships with other places
Related ? St Theriot's Lands, Dalgety
Adjacent St Theriot's Well, Dalgety
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Capella Sancti Theoreti
Head name
Capella Sancti Theoreti
Place
St Theriot's Chapel, Dalgety
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Capelle Sancti Theoreti 1511, RMS
Historic formCapelle Sancti Theoreti Head nameCapella Sancti Theoreti PlaceSt Theriot's Chapel, Dalgety Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 3570 Date of citation1511 x 1511 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 Theriot's Chapel
Head name
St Theriot's Chapel
Place
St Theriot's Chapel, Dalgety
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
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