Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lady's Yard, Glasgow
Grid reference
NS 600 650 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
260000 665000
Latitude
55.85785975777032
Longitude
-4.236972601322832
County
Lanarkshire
Nearby places
St Nicholas's Hospital, Glasgow (0.25 miles)
Lady Well, Glasgow (0.26 miles)
St Andrew's Parish Church, Glasgow (0.31 miles)
St David's Church, Ramshorn, Glasgow (0.33 miles)
St Mungo's Cathedral, Glasgow (0.33 miles)
Object Classification
Field
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The approximate location of this place is inferred from the fact that it described in Glas. Reg. no. 446 as lying beside the Vicus Furcarum, which is itself described as lying beside the 'torrentem Malyndinor' (the Molendinar Burn).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Glasgow, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lady's Yarde
Head name
Lady's Yarde
Place
Lady's Yard, Glasgow
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
Laydye's Yarde 1487, Glas. Reg.
Historic formLaydye's Yarde Head nameLady's Yarde PlaceLady's Yard, Glasgow Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGlas. Reg., no. 446 Date of citation1487 x 1487 |
Source code
Glas. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Episcopatus Glasguense
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Lady, Our Lady (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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