Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Nicholas Church, Uphall
Grid reference
NT 075 726 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
307500 672600
Latitude
55.93758247439414
Longitude
-3.4809559778876364
Altitude (metres)
120
County
West Lothian
Nearby places
Uphall, parish (alias Strathbrock) (1.02 miles)
Ecclesmachan, parish (1.22 miles)
Ecclesmachan, ~eccles. Ecclesmachan (1.22 miles)
Ecclesmachan, settlement Ecclesmachan (1.22 miles)
Auldcathie, former parish, Kirkliston (2.12 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records (Canmore ID 49292) 'a much altered twelfth-century building, the chancel being extended in the thirteenth century'. A fifteenth-century font also found here.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sancti Nicholai
Head name
Ecclesia Sancti Nicholai
Place
St Nicholas Church, Uphall
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Sancta Ecclesia Nicholai 1500, NMRS
Historic formSancta Ecclesia Nicholai Head nameEcclesia Sancti Nicholai PlaceSt Nicholas Church, Uphall Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceNMRS, Canmore ID 49292 |
Source code
NMRS
Source title
Scotland's Places (on-line)
Saints in this place-name
Nicholas (ns) (certain)
Nicholas, bishop of Myra (certain)
St Nicholas's Church
Head name
St Nicholas's Church
Place
St Nicholas Church, Uphall
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
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
Saints in this place-name
Nicholas (ns) (certain)
Nicholas, bishop of Myra (certain)
Place-name data
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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