Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Helena Island, Glenluce
Grid reference
NX 190 558 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
219000 555800
Latitude
54.86409091236666
Longitude
-4.820649057579918
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Wigtownshire
Nearby places
Lady Burn, Glenluce (0.5 miles)
Kilfillan, settlement, Glenluce (1.14 miles)
Kilfillan, ~eccles. Glenluce (1.28 miles)
Lady Well, Glenluce (1.61 miles)
Kirkchrist, ~eccles, Glenluce (1.61 miles)
Object Classification
Island
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
On the north side of Luce Sands.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Helena Island
Head name
St Helena Island
Place
St Helena Island, Glenluce
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Helena Island 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Helena Island Head nameSt Helena Island PlaceSt Helena Island, Glenluce Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Saints in this place-name
Helen (ns) (maybe)
Helen, mother of Constantine (maybe)
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
