Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Catherinestoun, Kirkcaldy & Dysart
Grid reference
NT 276 900 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
327600 690000
Latitude
56.0973490800055
Longitude
-3.163925216915451
Altitude (metres)
20
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Helena, settlement, Kinghorn (0.09 miles)
St Catherine's Chapel, Kirkcaldy & Dysart (0.37 miles)
Abbotshall, former parish KDT (0.86 miles)
Eglise Marie, eccles. Kinghorn (0.88 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The land is otherwise known as Bridgetown, earlier Brigland (see Taylor with Márkus i, 478-9). Also note (ibid) 'This ... name seems to appear in Latin only, i.e. Villa Sancte Katherine, and it must therefore be questioned whether it was ever in common usage'.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kinghorn (Easter), parish (formerly)
Within Kirkcaldy & Dysart
Relationships with other places
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Villa Sanctae Katherinae
Head name
Villa Sanctae Katherinae
Place
St Catherinestoun, Kirkcaldy & Dysart
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
villam Sancte Katherine 1529, RMS
Historic formvillam Sancte Katherine Head nameVilla Sanctae Katherinae PlaceSt Catherinestoun, Kirkcaldy & Dysart SourceRMS, iii no. 760 [col. 2] Date of citation1529 x 1529 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
Catherine (ns) (certain)
Catherine of Alexandria (certain)
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