Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Ninian's Church, Lamington LMW
Grid reference
NS 977 309 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
297700 630900
Latitude
55.56102777638999
Longitude
-3.62216821842646
Altitude (metres)
210
County
Lanarkshire
Nearby places
Lamington, former parish, Lamington & Wandel (0 miles)
Lamington & Wandel, parish (0 miles)
St Ninian's Well, Lamington (0.5 miles)
Wiston & Roberton, modern parish (1.11 miles)
St Ninian's Chapel, Wiston & Roberton (1.11 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Seems to be known now as St Ninian's Church, so the name is warranted. OS 6 inch 1st ed has "Church on site of St Ninian's Church". In fact this is probably an extrapolation going back to OPS i, 173, related to the "Saint Innian's Well" located nearby, named as such in OSA, vi, 550. OPS goes on to suggest that this "indicat[es] probably that the church was dedicated to Saint Ninian...or perhaps to Saint Inan, a confessor in Scotland whose feast was kept on the 18th of August." By the time of NSA, this has solidified into a dedication to St Ninian, and the well is now St Ninian's Well. It is presumably this which is represented on the OS 1st ed 6" data. NMRS says of this church: Lamington church was built in 1721, renovated in 1828 and again about 1880. Its N wall incorporates the doorway of the original church, built in the 12th century and dedicated to St Ninian. An iron staple for the jougs is fixed to the E side of this doorway. G Hay 1957; New Statistical Account (NSA, C Hope) 1845; D MacGibbon and T Ross 1896. Good photos of Norman work and and church in general on: http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/biggar/stninians/index.html The dedication to Ninian must be held to be fairly doubtful, if nothing can be found going back before OPS. Forbes, whilst noting the well under Ninian, places the parish dedication under Inan. It is not impossible, I suppose, for the OSA notice of the well to be a misprint for Ninian.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Lamington & Wandel, parish
Within Lamington & Wandel, parish
Relationships with other places
Related ? St Ninian's Well, Lamington
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Ninian's Church
Head name
St Ninian's Church
Place
St Ninian's Church, Lamington LMW
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
St Ninian's Church 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Ninian's Church Head nameSt Ninian's Church PlaceSt Ninian's Church, Lamington LMW Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Saints in this place-name
Ninian (ns) (doubtful)
Ninian of Whithorn (doubtful)