Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary Magdalenes's, Edinburgh St Giles
Grid reference
NT 256 734 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
325600 673400
Latitude
55.947911386137115
Longitude
-3.191468580575331
County
Midlothian
Nearby places
St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh St Giles (0.09 miles)
Edinburgh St Giles, parish (0.09 miles)
St Mary in the Fields, Edinburgh (0.2 miles)
St Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh (0.32 miles)
St Mary's Street, Edinburgh (0.33 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records its founnation by Michael Maqueen in the sixteenth century; it had a chaplain's lodging and an almshouse for bedemen. It stood at the corner of the Cowgate and Candlemaker row. The chapel still survives. See NMRS for further details.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Edinburgh St Giles, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Hospitale Beatae Mariae Magdalenae
Head name
Hospitale Beatae Mariae Magdalenae
Place
St Mary Magdalenes's, Edinburgh St Giles
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Hospitalis Beate Marie Magdalene 1541, RMS
Historic formHospitalis Beate Marie Magdalene Head nameHospitale Beatae Mariae Magdalenae PlaceSt Mary Magdalenes's, Edinburgh St Giles Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 2262 Date of citation1541 x 1541 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
Mary Magdalene (ns) (certain)
Mary Magdalene (certain)
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