Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Vincent Street, Glasgow
Grid reference
NS 583 655 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
258300 665500
Latitude
55.861852735722195
Longitude
-4.264373383186303
County
Lanarkshire
Nearby places
St George's-Tron Parish Church, Glasgow (0.38 miles)
St Teneu's Well, Glasgow (0.45 miles)
St Theneu's Gait, Glasgow (0.48 miles)
St Enoch Square, Glasgow (0.53 miles)
St Enoch's Church, former chapel, Glasgow (0.53 miles)
Object Classification
Other
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Nearby are St Vincent Place and St Vincent Lane (OS Digimap). The streets were named in commemoration of the Battle of Cape St Vincent in February 1797, not directly in honour of St Vincent.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Glasgow, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Vincent Street
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
St Vincent Street
Place
St Vincent Street, 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
St Vincent Street 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Vincent Street This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameSt Vincent Street PlaceSt Vincent Street, 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.
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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Satellite map:
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Satellite map with labels:
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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
