Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kings Inch monastery, Renfrew
Grid reference
NS 508 675 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
250800 667500
Latitude
55.87754687706348
Longitude
-4.385210946633417
County
Renfrewshire
Nearby places
Renfrew, parish (0.06 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Renfrew (0.33 miles)
Currus Sancti Conualli, stone, Renfrew (0.89 miles)
Ladyacre, Inchinnan (1.1 miles)
Inchinnan, ~eccles. Inchinnan (1.16 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This is the church where the monks whom Walter brought from Much Wenlock to Scotland first established a church, before they settled at Paisley. Note that the dedication to Mirren, which appears when these monks move to Paisley, is not mentioned in reference to their first church at Renfrew.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Renfrew, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sanctae Mariae et Sancti Jacobi
Head name
Ecclesia Sanctae Mariae et Sancti Jacobi
Place
Kings Inch monastery, Renfrew
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Possible
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
Ecclesie Sancte Marie et Sancti Jacobi 1163, RRS i
Historic formEcclesie Sancte Marie et Sancti Jacobi Head nameEcclesia Sanctae Mariae et Sancti Jacobi PlaceKings Inch monastery, Renfrew Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS i, no. 254 Date of citation1163 x 1165 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Associated person or bodyMalcolm IV, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS i
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum
Editors
G.W.S.Barrow
Secondary Title
The Acts of Malcolm IV 1153- 1165
Volume
i
Year
1960
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
James (ns) (certain)
James the Great, apostle (certain)
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