Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Chapel, Kirkintilloch
Grid reference
NS 652 740 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
265200 674000
Latitude
55.94015708285307
Longitude
-4.158436914213856
Altitude (metres)
50
County
Dunbartonshire
Nearby places
Kirkintilloch, parish, aka Lenzie (0.98 miles)
St Ninian's Church, Kirkintilloch (0.98 miles)
Antermony, former parish, Campsie (1.34 miles)
St Flanan, settlement, Kirkintilloch (2.27 miles)
Cadder, parish (2.52 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records that the odl parish church, built in 1644, was erected on the site of the chapel. The church itself is now a museum.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Capella Beatissimae Virginis
Head name
Capella Beatissimae Virginis
Place
St Mary's Chapel, Kirkintilloch
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
capelle beatissime Virginis 1399, Glas. Reg.
Historic formcapelle beatissime Virginis Head nameCapella Beatissimae Virginis PlaceSt Mary's Chapel, Kirkintilloch Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGlas. Reg., no. 319 |
Source code
Glas. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Episcopatus Glasguense
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
Capella Divae Virginis
Head name
Capella Divae Virginis
Place
St Mary's Chapel, Kirkintilloch
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Capella Dive Virginis 1567, RMS
Historic formCapella Dive Virginis Head nameCapella Divae Virginis PlaceSt Mary's Chapel, Kirkintilloch Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, v no. 2310 Date of citation1567 x 1593 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
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
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