Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Nicholas Church (medieval), Lanark
Grid reference
NS 881 436 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
288100 643600
Latitude
55.6729905382837
Longitude
-3.7794771866751824
County
Lanarkshire
Nearby places
St Nicholas's Church (modern), Lanark (0 miles)
St Mungo's Well, Lanark (0.09 miles)
St Leonard's Church (modern), Lanark (0.19 miles)
St Kentigern's Church, Lanark (0.45 miles)
Lanark, parish (0.45 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records (Canmore ID 46586): this was originally a chapel of St Nicholas, but the parish church now stands on the site. Six burials of medieval date have been found under the floor, as well as medieval and post-medieval pottery fragments.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Lanark, parish
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Capella Sancti Nicholai
Head name
Capella Sancti Nicholai
Place
St Nicholas Church (medieval), Lanark
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
capelle sancti Nicholaii de Lanark 1246, Dryb. Lib.
Historic formcapelle sancti Nicholaii de Lanark Head nameCapella Sancti Nicholai PlaceSt Nicholas Church (medieval), Lanark Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDryb. Lib., p153 No. 211 Date of citation1246 x 1246 |
Source code
Dryb. Lib.
Source title
Liber S. Marie de Dryburgh
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1847
Capella Beati Nicholai 1492, RMS
Historic formCapella Beati Nicholai Head nameCapella Sancti Nicholai PlaceSt Nicholas Church (medieval), Lanark Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 2093 Date of citation1492 x 1492 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
Capella Sancti Nicholai 1601, Retours
Historic formCapella Sancti Nicholai Head nameCapella Sancti Nicholai PlaceSt Nicholas Church (medieval), Lanark Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRetours, Lanark no. 28 Date of citation1601 x 1601 Feature named in sourceChapel |
Source code
Retours
Source title
Inquisitionum ad Capellam Domini regis Retornatarum .. Abbreviatio
Editors
T. Thomson
Volume
i-iii
Year
1811-16
Saints in this place-name
Nicholas (ns) (certain)
Nicholas, bishop of Myra (certain)
St Nicholas Church
Head name
St Nicholas Church
Place
St Nicholas Church (medieval), Lanark
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Saints in this place-name
Nicholas, bishop of Myra (certain)
Nicholas (ns) (certain)
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