Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Ninian's Chapel, Wiston & Roberton
Grid reference
NS 960 310 (general (5km))
Six-figure easting & northing
296100 631700
Latitude
55.5678756065527
Longitude
-3.6478285565996833
County
Lanarkshire
Nearby places
Wiston & Roberton, modern parish (0 miles)
Wiston, former parish, Wiston & Roberton (0 miles)
Lamington, former parish, Lamington & Wandel (1.11 miles)
Lamington & Wandel, parish (1.11 miles)
St Ninian's Church, Lamington LMW (1.11 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The location of the chapel within the parish is not known. The NGR given is therefore very general (5 km).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Wiston & Roberton, modern parish
Within Wiston, former parish, Wiston & Roberton (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Ninian's Chapel
Head name
St Ninian's Chapel
Place
St Ninian's Chapel, Wiston & Roberton
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Possible
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?
No
St Ninians-chappell 1674, Retours
Historic formSt Ninians-chappell Head nameSt Ninian's Chapel PlaceSt Ninian's Chapel, Wiston & Roberton Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRetours, no. 328 Date of citation1674 x 1674 |
Source code
Retours
Source title
Inquisitionum ad Capellam Domini regis Retornatarum .. Abbreviatio
Editors
T. Thomson
Volume
i-iii
Year
1811-16
Saints in this place-name
Ninian (ns) (certain)
Ninian of Whithorn (certain)
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