Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Chapel, Dunlop
Grid reference
NS 408 503 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
240800 650300
Latitude
55.71993935558885
Longitude
-4.534849963114605
Altitude (metres)
115
County
Ayrshire
Nearby places
Dunlop, parish (0.61 miles)
Lady's Steps, Dunlop (0.68 miles)
High Kilbride, Stewarton (2.38 miles)
North Kilbride, settlement Stewarton (2.54 miles)
South Kilbride, Stewarton (2.71 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Near to Chapel Burn and Chapel House (OS 6 inch 1st edn). NMRS records various traditions, some more respectable than others. No trace remains.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dunlop, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary's Chapel
Head name
St Mary's Chapel
Place
St Mary's Chapel, Dunlop
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
St Mary's Chapel 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Mary's Chapel Head nameSt Mary's Chapel PlaceSt Mary's Chapel, Dunlop 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
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)