Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Ninian's Chapel, North Leith
Grid reference
NT 267 765 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
326700 676500
Latitude
55.97593056362316
Longitude
-3.174700336176956
Altitude (metres)
5
Nearby places
St Nicholas Chapel, North Leith (0.09 miles)
North Leith, modern parish (0.31 miles)
St Anthony's Hospital/Friary, Leith (0.33 miles)
St Mary's Church, South Leith (0.36 miles)
South Leith, modern parish (0.36 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
It is recorded in 1494 as having been 'newly built' (noviter edificata) by the abbot of Holyrood Abbey 'at the end of the bridge of Leith on the north side of its river' (ad finem pontis de Leith ex parte boreali aque ejusdem) (RMS ii no. 2193). This information gives the approximate NGR. OS Digimap marks St Ninian's Manse near this site. The old bridge has now gone.
Relationships with other parishes
Within North Leith, modern parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella Sancti Niniani
Head name
Capella Sancti Niniani
Place
St Ninian's Chapel, North Leith
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Niniani 1494, RMS
Historic formCapella Sancti Niniani Head nameCapella Sancti Niniani PlaceSt Ninian's Chapel, North Leith Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 2193 Date of citation1494 x 1494 Feature named in sourcechapel Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Associated person or bodyHolyrood Abbey Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
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
Ninian (ns) (certain)
Ninian of Whithorn (certain)
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