Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Chapel, Craigbarnet, Campsie
Grid reference
NS 590 790 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
259000 679000
Latitude
55.98327295239073
Longitude
-4.260243550043471
County
Stirlingshire
Nearby places
Maryland, settlement Campsie (0.74 miles)
Kilwinnet, settlement Campsie (1.05 miles)
Campsie, parish (1.29 miles)
St Machan's Church, Campsie (1.29 miles)
St Machan's Well, Campsie (1.31 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR is for the area around modern Craigbarnet House, Campsie. The location of the chapel is provided by RMS ii no. 3240 (1508): Capella erecta in honorem BVM infra locum et maneriem de Cragbernard ... in comitatu de Levenax'.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Campsie, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella Beatae Virginis Mariae
Head name
Capella Beatae Virginis Mariae
Place
St Mary's Chapel, Craigbarnet, Campsie
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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