Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Salvator's, eccles. and college, SSL
Grid reference
NO 509 168 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
350900 716800
Latitude
56.34109754958798
Longitude
-2.7943616581468733
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Andrews & St Leonards, modern parish (0.12 miles)
Holy Trinity Church, St Andrews, SSL (0.12 miles)
St Mary's College, St Andrews & St Leonards (0.19 miles)
St Leonard's Hospital, SSL Fife (0.22 miles)
St Leonard's Church, SSL Fife (0.22 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Other
College
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
A college and church were founded by Bishop Kennedy in 1450. See NMRS for description.
Relationships with other parishes
Within St Andrews & St Leonards, modern parish
Within St Andrews, former parish, SSL (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sancti Salvatoris
Head name
Ecclesia Sancti Salvatoris
Place
St Salvator's, eccles. and college, SSL
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Ecclesie Collegiate Sancti Saluatoris 1530, Arb. Lib.
Historic formEcclesie Collegiate Sancti Saluatoris Head nameEcclesia Sancti Salvatoris PlaceSt Salvator's, eccles. and college, SSL Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceArb. Lib., ii no. 750 Date of citation1530 x 1530 |
Source code
Arb. Lib.
Source title
Liber S. Thome de Aberbrothoc
Series
Bannatyne Club
Volume
1 & 2
Year
1848-56
Saints in this place-name
Christ (ns) (certain)
Salvator, Saviour (certain)
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