Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Catherine's Chapel, Kirkcaldy & Dysart
Grid reference
NT 270 900 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
327000 690000
Latitude
56.097257808085644
Longitude
-3.1735687364038214
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Helena, settlement, Kinghorn (0.32 miles)
St Catherinestoun, Kirkcaldy & Dysart (0.37 miles)
Eglise Marie, eccles. Kinghorn (0.67 miles)
Abbotshall, former parish KDT (0.81 miles)
St Brycedale, land unit Kirkaldy & Dysart (1.11 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The chapel was probably on the lands of *St Catherinestoun, attested only once (1529). The name of the chapel has not yet been found in any source, but its existence may be inferred from RMS iii no. 760: 'Brigland called St Catherine's toun [villam Sancte Katherine] with the chapel and donation of its chaplainry and buildings beside it'. Given that the chapel is granted with the constabulary of Kinghorn, we can assume that the chapel lay on the south side of the bridge which crosses the Tiel here, and which forms the parish boundary, in the medieval parish of Kinghorn. This part of Kinghorn was transferred to the parish of Kirkcaldy & Dysart in 1901 (Taylor with Márkus i, 395).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kinghorn (Easter), parish (formerly)
Within Kirkcaldy & Dysart
Relationships with other places
Related ? St Catherinestoun, Kirkcaldy & Dysart
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Catherine's Chapel
Head name
St Catherine's Chapel
Place
St Catherine's Chapel, Kirkcaldy & Dysart
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
Catherine (ns) (certain)
Catherine of Alexandria (probable)
Catherine of Siena (doubtful)