Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St John's Chapel, Stranraer
Grid reference
NX 060 608 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
206000 560800
Latitude
54.9040950673883
Longitude
-5.026297818420789
County
Wigtownshire
Nearby places
Stranraer, modern parish (0.09 miles)
St John Street, Stranraer (0.18 miles)
St John's Well, Leswalt (0.28 miles)
Inchmichael, eccles, Inch (2.6 miles)
Inch, parish (2.6 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records (Canmore ID 60766) that it was built in the fifteenth century for the Adairs of Dunskey and Kinhilt. It is worth noting in the context of this chapel that in 1684 it was recorded that 'They have ... two yearly faires, the one being on the first Fryday of May, and the second being on the last Fryday of August and call'd St Johns fair in harvest'. In the Roman Martyrology 29th August is the feast of the beheading of John the Baptist.
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St John's Well, Leswalt
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St John's Chapel
Head name
St John's Chapel
Place
St John's Chapel, Stranraer
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?
Yes
Saints in this place-name
John (ns) (certain)
John the Baptist (probable) local fair date
John the Apostle or Evangelist (doubtful)