Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Dalmarnock, settlement Glasgow
Grid reference
NS 612 630 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
261200 663000
Latitude
55.840248141448
Longitude
-4.216791888747455
Altitude (metres)
10
County
Lanarkshire
Nearby places
Rutherglen, parish (0.81 miles)
St Mary's Church, Rutherglen (0.84 miles)
St Andrew's Parish Church, Glasgow (1.36 miles)
Lady's Yard, Glasgow (1.45 miles)
St Ninian's Hospital & Chapel, Govan (1.5 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR given is for Dalmarnock, the house shown on OS 6 inch 1st edn. It lies at the northern end of a large haugh, now an industrial urban landscape, in a sharp bend in the River Clyde, on whose north bank the lands of Dalmarnock lie. On OS Digimap 'Dalmarnock' refers to a wider area of settlement and industrial buildings, and a large sewage plant. The river here is the parish boundary between the parishes of Glasgow (City) to the north and Rutherglen to the south. OS 6 inch 1st edn map names the following features on this haugh: Dalmarnock Colliery, Dalmarnock Dye Works, Dalmarnock House and Dalmarnock Bridge.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Dalmarnock
Head name
Dalmarnock
Place
Dalmarnock, settlement Glasgow
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Dalmurnech 1175, Glas. Reg.
Historic formDalmurnech Head nameDalmarnock PlaceDalmarnock, settlement Glasgow Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGlas. Reg., i, no. 32 Date of citation1175 x 1175 |
Source code
Glas. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Episcopatus Glasguense
Dalmornoc 1186, Glas. Reg.
Historic formDalmornoc Head nameDalmarnock PlaceDalmarnock, settlement Glasgow Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGlas. Reg., i, no. 62 Date of citation1186 x 1186 |
Source code
Glas. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Episcopatus Glasguense
Dalmarnock 1654, Blaeu
Historic formDalmarnock Head nameDalmarnock PlaceDalmarnock, settlement Glasgow Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Renfrewshire Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Dalmarnock 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formDalmarnock Head nameDalmarnock PlaceDalmarnock, settlement Glasgow 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
Ernán, Ernaíne, Mo Ernóc, Marnan (ns) (certain)
Marnock of Kilmarnock (maybe)
Ernán, uncle of Columba (maybe)
Mo Ernóc m. Cruisíne (maybe)
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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