Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Laurence's Chapel, Greenock
Grid reference
NS 284 759 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
228400 675900
Latitude
55.94548745459841
Longitude
-4.748211799911394
Altitude (metres)
10
County
Renfrewshire
Nearby places
Bay of St Laurence, Greenock (0.26 miles)
Greenock, modern parish (0.53 miles)
Kilbirnie, settlement, Greenock (0.67 miles)
Kilblain, ~eccles., Greenock (0.69 miles)
Kilblain, settlement, Greenock (0.69 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Daniel Weir records that the Bay of St Laurence on which Greenock stands was named after the chapel dedicated to that saint: 'on the site of that house on the corner of Virginia Street ... human bones were found, which proves that a burying ground was attached to it. About 1760 the chapel was in high preservation' (Weir 1829, 6).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Greenock, modern parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Bay of St Laurence, Greenock
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Laurence's Chapel
Head name
St Laurence's Chapel
Place
St Laurence's Chapel, Greenock
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
Saints in this place-name
Laurence (ns) (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Same specific as Bay of St Laurence, Bay of St Laurence, Greenock
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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