Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Burntisland, parish aka Kinghorn Wester
Grid reference
NT 234 857 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
323400 685700
Latitude
56.05806504349546
Longitude
-3.230197185483576
Nearby places
St Leonard's Chapel, Kinghorn (0.31 miles)
Bennet's Hill, Kinghorn (2.37 miles)
Kinghorn (Easter), parish (2.47 miles)
Aberdour, parish, ABO Fife (2.55 miles)
St Fillan's Church, Aberdour FIF (2.55 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the sixteenth-century church.
Parish details
Burntisland formerly Kinghorn Wester
Parish TLA
BUI
County
Fife
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Names
3 head-names linked to this place ?Burntisland
Head name
Burntisland
Place
Burntisland, parish aka Kinghorn Wester
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Kinghorn Parva
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Kinghorn Parva
Place
Burntisland, parish aka Kinghorn Wester
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Parua Kingorn 1178, Dunf. Reg.
Historic formParua Kingorn This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKinghorn Parva PlaceBurntisland, parish aka Kinghorn Wester Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDunf. Reg., no. 99 Date of citation1178 x 1187 Feature named in sourceecclesia de |
Source code
Dunf. Reg.
Source title
Registrum de Dunfermelyn
Editors
C. Innes [though not named]
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1842
Kingorn Parva 1250, St A. Lib.
Historic formKingorn Parva This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKinghorn Parva PlaceBurntisland, parish aka Kinghorn Wester Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSt A. Lib., 33 Date of citation1250 x 1260 Feature named in sourceecclesia de |
Source code
St A. Lib.
Source title
Liber Cartarum Prioratus Sancti Andree in Scotia
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1841
Kinghorn Wester
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Kinghorn Wester
Place
Burntisland, parish aka Kinghorn Wester
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Kingorn Occidentali 1160, Dunf. Reg.
Historic formKingorn Occidentali This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKinghorn Wester PlaceBurntisland, parish aka Kinghorn Wester Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDunf. Reg., no. 93 Date of citation1160 x 1162 Feature named in sourceecclesia de |
Source code
Dunf. Reg.
Source title
Registrum de Dunfermelyn
Editors
C. Innes [though not named]
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1842
Occidentali Kingorn' 1225, Dunf. Reg.
Historic formOccidentali Kingorn' This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKinghorn Wester PlaceBurntisland, parish aka Kinghorn Wester Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDunf. Reg., no. 106 Date of citation1225 x 1236 Feature named in sourceecclesia de |
Source code
Dunf. Reg.
Source title
Registrum de Dunfermelyn
Editors
C. Innes [though not named]
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1842
Wester Kingorne 1561, Assumption
Historic formWester Kingorne This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKinghorn Wester PlaceBurntisland, parish aka Kinghorn Wester Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 26 Date of citation1561 x 1570 Feature named in sourcekirk of |
Source code
Assumption
Source title
The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation
Editors
J. Kirk
Series
Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21
Year
1995
Kinghorne Wester 1561, Dunf. Reg.
Historic formKinghorne Wester This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKinghorn Wester PlaceBurntisland, parish aka Kinghorn Wester Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDunf. Reg., no. 440 Date of citation1561 x 1561 |
Source code
Dunf. Reg.
Source title
Registrum de Dunfermelyn
Editors
C. Innes [though not named]
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1842
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