Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Dalmeny, parish
Grid reference
NT 144 775 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
314400 677500
Latitude
55.982878338895816
Longitude
-3.372078257797614
Nearby places
South Queensferry, modern former parish, Dalmeny (0.97 miles)
St James' Chapel, Inverkeithing (1.97 miles)
Kirkliston, parish (2.34 miles)
St Margarets, settlement Inverkeithing (2.53 miles)
Cramond, parish (2.82 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the fine romanesque parish kirk of Dalmeny.
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Auldcathie, former parish, Kirkliston (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Parish TLA
DMN
County
West Lothian
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Parish notes
The new parish of South Queensferry was carved out of Dalmeny in 1635 (RMS ix no. 339), but has subsequently been re-absorbed into Dalmeny.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Dalmeny
Head name
Dalmeny
Place
Dalmeny, parish
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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formDunmanyn Head nameDalmeny PlaceDalmeny, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSHS Misc., vi, 55 Date of citation1275 x 1275 Feature named in sourcevicarius de |
Source code
SHS Misc.
Source title
The Miscellany of the Scottish History Society
Year
1893 -
Historic formDummanyne Head nameDalmeny PlaceDalmeny, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i no. 130 Date of citation1363 x 1363 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
Dummanie 1560, Assumption
Historic formDummanie Head nameDalmeny PlaceDalmeny, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 149 Date of citation1560 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
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