Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Patrick's Church, Dalziel
Grid reference
NS 754 548 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
275400 654800
Latitude
55.77048264710451
Longitude
-3.9864095067770995
Altitude (metres)
35
County
Lanarkshire
Nearby places
Dalziel, parish (0 miles)
St Patrick's Well, Dalziel (0.09 miles)
Cambusnethan, parish (0.95 miles)
Motherwell, settlement Dalziel (1.49 miles)
Lady Well, aka Mother Well, Dalziel (1.5 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Notes
On a haugh on the north bank of the Clyde, which here forms the parish boundary. No trace survives of the building, in its small burial ground. A long cist was found under part of the wall of the church in the nineteenth century, but has been destroyed by vandals (NMRS, Canmore ID 45718 and 45719).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dalziel, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Patrick's Well, Dalziel
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Patrick's Church
Head name
St Patrick's Church
Place
St Patrick's Church, Dalziel
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
St Patrick's Church 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Patrick's Church Head nameSt Patrick's Church PlaceSt Patrick's Church, Dalziel 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
Pátraic, Patrick (ns) (certain)
Pátraic m. Calprainn of Ireland (certain)