Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Gartconnel, New Kilpatrick
Grid reference
NS 542 727 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
254200 672700
Latitude
55.925275436031264
Longitude
-4.333710281809234
Altitude (metres)
60
County
Dunbartonshire
Nearby places
New Kilpatrick, modern parish (0.32 miles)
Kilmardinny, settlement New Kilpatrick (0.43 miles)
St Germains, New Kilpatrick (0.68 miles)
St Germains Loch, New Kilpatrick (0.87 miles)
St Kessog's Chapel, Balvie, New Kilpatrick (1.28 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR given is for the house marked as Gartconnel on OS 6 inch 1st edn (Gartconnell on 2nd edn).
Relationships with other parishes
Within New Kilpatrick, modern parish
Within Old Kilpatrick, parish, formerly Kilpatrick
Within Old Kilpatrick, parish, formerly Kilpatrick (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Gartconnel
Head name
Gartconnel
Place
Gartconnel, New Kilpatrick
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Gartconwell 1502, RMS
Historic formGartconwell Head nameGartconnel PlaceGartconnel, New Kilpatrick Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 2648 Date of citation1502 x 1502 Feature named in sourcelands 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
Garconnel 1821, Ainslie/Southern Scotland
Historic formGarconnel Head nameGartconnel PlaceGartconnel, New Kilpatrick Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAinslie/Southern Scotland Date of citation1821 x 1821 Notes on the context of this place-nameThe map may be viewed in high-resolution images on-line, at www.nls.uk. |
Source code
Ainslie/Southern Scotland
Author
John Ainslie
Source title
Ainslie's Map of the Southern Part of Scotland
Year
1821
Notes
The map may be viewed in high-resolution images on-line, at www.nls.uk.
Gartconnel 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formGartconnel Head nameGartconnel PlaceGartconnel, New Kilpatrick 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
Conall, Conual, Conval, Cynfal (ns) (probable)
Conall m. Áeda of Cluain Dalláin (maybe)