Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St David's Church, Ramshorn, Glasgow
Grid reference
NS 595 652 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
259500 665200
Latitude
55.859510163432006
Longitude
-4.2450585116879545
County
Lanarkshire
Nearby places
Lady's Yard, Glasgow (0.33 miles)
St Nicholas's Hospital, Glasgow (0.33 miles)
St George's-Tron Parish Church, Glasgow (0.39 miles)
St Theneu's Gait, Glasgow (0.39 miles)
St Andrew's Parish Church, Glasgow (0.39 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Glasgow, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St David's Church
Head name
St David's Church
Place
St David's Church, Ramshorn, Glasgow
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 David's Church 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt David's Church Head nameSt David's Church PlaceSt David's Church, Ramshorn, 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
David (ns) (certain)
David of Scotland (maybe)
David, king and psalmist (maybe)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
