Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Chapel, Renfrew
Grid reference
NS 510 670 (general (5km))
Six-figure easting & northing
251000 667000
Latitude
55.87311967152731
Longitude
-4.381741763085274
County
Renfrewshire
Nearby places
Kings Inch monastery, Renfrew (0.33 miles)
Renfrew, parish (0.36 miles)
Currus Sancti Conualli, stone, Renfrew (1.11 miles)
Ladyacre, Inchinnan (1.33 miles)
Inchinnan, ~eccles. Inchinnan (1.39 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The chapel is mentioned in 1414 (Paisley Reg. 247) in an indenture between the burgesses of Renfrew and the abbot and convent of Paisley Abbey, concerning a mill 'beside the chapel of St Mary of Renfrew'. The NGR given is for the Old Corn Mill, on the Mill Burn, shown on OS 6 inch 1st edn., lying south of the parish kirk and south-west of the King's Inch. But there is no guarantee that this is the site of the mill in question; thus the 'General (5 km)' given for accuracy.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Renfrew, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella Beatae Mariae Virginis
Head name
Capella Beatae Mariae Virginis
Place
St Mary's Chapel, Renfrew
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Capellam Beate Marie Virginis 1414, Pais. Reg.
Historic formCapellam Beate Marie Virginis Head nameCapella Beatae Mariae Virginis PlaceSt Mary's Chapel, Renfrew Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourcePais. Reg., 247 Date of citation1414 x 1414 Notes on the context of this place-nameAlso New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check]. |
Source code
Pais. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Monasterii de Passelet
Series
Maitland Club
Year
1832
Notes
Also New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check].
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
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