Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Chapel Patrick, Portpatrick
Grid reference
NW 999 542 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
199900 554200
Latitude
54.842460850634346
Longitude
-5.1167225573462165
County
Wigtownshire
Nearby places
Portpatrick, modern parish (0 miles)
Port Patrick, port, Portpatrick (0.09 miles)
St Patrick's Well, Portpatrick (0.14 miles)
Killantringan, ~eccles., Portpatrick (1.25 miles)
Craig Anthony, Portpatrick (1.53 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records of the site of the old parish kirk of Portpatrick that it was built on the site of Chapel Patrick. Beside this church is St Patrick Street (OS Digimap).
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Patrick's Well, Portpatrick
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Chapel Patrick
Head name
Chapel Patrick
Place
Chapel Patrick, Portpatrick
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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
Chapel Fatrick 1654, Blaeu
Historic formChapel Fatrick Head nameChapel Patrick PlaceChapel Patrick, Portpatrick Certainty that this name applies to this placeProbable SourceBlaeu, Western Galloway Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Saints in this place-name
Pátraic, Patrick (ns) (certain)
Pátraic m. Calprainn of Ireland (certain)
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