Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Leonard's Hospital, Lanark
Grid reference
NS 889 439 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
288900 643900
Latitude
55.67586882287708
Longitude
-3.766883557475825
County
Lanarkshire
Nearby places
St Leonard's Church (medieval), Lanark (0 miles)
St Leonards, former parish, Lanark (0 miles)
St Leonard's Church (modern), Lanark (0.36 miles)
St Kentigern's Church, Lanark (0.45 miles)
Lanark, parish (0.45 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Other
hospital
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR is suggested by NMRS, and the street-names in the vicinity (St Leonard Street, St Leonard's Road, Hospitaland Drive) echo the presence of the medieval hospital. There was a chapel of St Leonard within or near the hospital, where the master of the hospital was to arrange for the celebration of mass for the soul of the donor (Robert III) and of his queen Annabelle (RMS i no. 864: 'pro perpetuo celebrari in capella Sancti Leonardi'). By the sixteenth century this chapel is being treated as a parish church, and its territory (presumably the lands originally given for the support of the hospital and chapel) were being treated as a parish (seee St Leonards, former parish, Lanark). The lands of the hospital were known as St Leonard's Lands, as in the charter of 1535: Joh. Hammyltoun ... magistrum seu preceptorem hospitalis Sancti Leonardi infra dioces. Glasguen. ... 40 solidatas terrarum ant.ext. Sanct-Leonardis-land nuncupat., adjacentes ecclesie Beati Leonardi ... 40 solidat. ant. ext. de Spittalschelis, Wester-seit vulgo nuncupat., 40 sol. ant. ext. de Myddlesteid de Spittalschelis nuncupat.; 21 ½ acras jacen. inter dict. ecclesiam et burgum de Lanark ... in parochia Beati Leonardi, vic. Lanark (RMS iii no. 1534). The hospital appears with its lands in a later charter in 1542, enjoying 'terras de Spittalschelis ac alias terras et acras prope burgum de Lanark, Sanct-Leonardis-landis nuncupat. .... solvend. annuatim in sustentationem hospitalis Sancti Leonardi ac duorum pauperum apud dict. hospitale ...' (RMS iii no. 2838).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Lanark, parish
Within St Leonards, former parish, Lanark (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Hospitale Sancti Leonardi
Head name
Hospitale Sancti Leonardi
Place
St Leonard's Hospital, Lanark
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Hospitale Sancti Leonardi 1392, RMS
Historic formHospitale Sancti Leonardi Head nameHospitale Sancti Leonardi PlaceSt Leonard's Hospital, Lanark Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i no. 864 Date of citation1392 x 1392 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
hospitalis Sancti Leonardi 1535, RMS
Historic formhospitalis Sancti Leonardi Head nameHospitale Sancti Leonardi PlaceSt Leonard's Hospital, Lanark Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 1534 Date of citation1535 x 1535 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Saints in this place-name
Leonard (ns) (certain)
Leonard of Noblac (certain)
St Leonard's Hospital
Head name
St Leonard's Hospital
Place
St Leonard's Hospital, Lanark
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
S. Ioonards 1654, Blaeu
Historic formS. Ioonards Head nameSt Leonard's Hospital PlaceSt Leonard's Hospital, Lanark Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Lower Clydesdale Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
S. Ionards 1654, Blaeu
Historic formS. Ionards Head nameSt Leonard's Hospital PlaceSt Leonard's Hospital, Lanark Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Upper Clydesdale Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
St Leonard's Hospital 1795, OSA
Historic formSt Leonard's Hospital Head nameSt Leonard's Hospital PlaceSt Leonard's Hospital, Lanark Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, xv, 24 Date of citation1795 x 1795 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Saints in this place-name
Leonard (ns) (certain)
Leonard of Noblac (certain)
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