Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Ninian's Chapel, Edinburgh
Grid reference
NT 259 740 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
325900 674000
Latitude
55.95334807176581
Longitude
-3.186830327719508
Altitude (metres)
70
County
Midlothian
Nearby places
St Andrew Square, Edinburgh St C (0.26 miles)
St Mary's Street, Edinburgh (0.28 miles)
St Andrews Church, Edinburgh St Cuthbert's (0.31 miles)
St Andrew's & St George's Church, Edinb. (0.31 miles)
Canongate, parish Edinburgh (0.33 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Edinburgh St Giles, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella Sancti Niniani
Head name
Capella Sancti Niniani
Place
St Ninian's Chapel, Edinburgh
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Capellam Sancti Niniani 1529, RMS
Historic formCapellam Sancti Niniani Head nameCapella Sancti Niniani PlaceSt Ninian's Chapel, Edinburgh Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 2600 Date of citation1529 x 1542 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
Ninian (ns) (certain)
Ninian of Whithorn (certain)
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