Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Theneu's Gait, Glasgow
Grid reference
NS 589 650 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
258900 665000
Latitude
55.857539182455334
Longitude
-4.25453358490621
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Lanarkshire
Nearby places
St Enoch Square, Glasgow (0.06 miles)
St Enoch's Church, former chapel, Glasgow (0.06 miles)
St Teneu's Well, Glasgow (0.14 miles)
St George's-Tron Parish Church, Glasgow (0.25 miles)
St David's Church, Ramshorn, Glasgow (0.39 miles)
Object Classification
Other
Street
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The street ran roughly from east to west, from the Saltmarket in the east to a chapel and cemetery of St Teneu in the west, a little to the north of where St Enoch's Church stood in the nineteenth century. It followed the course of what is now the Trongate and Argyle Street. The NGR given is for a point near the western end of the street, closest to St Enoch's Church. In 1495 a charter of Martin Wan, chancellor of the Cathedral, records the lands of St Thenew's Chaplain ('terras capellani Sancte Tanew') lying on this street (Glas. Reg. no. 473).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Glasgow, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Enoch Square, Glasgow
Adjacent St Enoch's Church, former chapel, Glasgow
Adjacent St Teneu's Well, Glasgow
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?St Theneu's Gait
Head name
St Theneu's Gait
Place
St Theneu's Gait, 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
Saints in this place-name
Thenew, Thaney, Enoch (ns) (certain)
Thenew, mother of Kentigern (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Same specific as St Enoch Square, St Enoch Square, Glasgow
Same specific as St Enoch's Church, St Enoch's Church, former chapel, Glasgow
Same specific as St Teneu's Well, St Teneu's Well, Glasgow
Same specific as Vicus Sanctae Tenau, St Theneu's Gait, Glasgow
Vicus Sanctae Tenau
Head name
Vicus Sanctae Tenau
Place
St Theneu's Gait, Glasgow
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Vico Sancte Tenau 1487, Glas. Reg.
Historic formVico Sancte Tenau Head nameVicus Sanctae Tenau PlaceSt Theneu's Gait, 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
Vici Sancte Thanew 1494, Glas. Reg.
Historic formVici Sancte Thanew Head nameVicus Sanctae Tenau PlaceSt Theneu's Gait, Glasgow Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGlas. Reg., no. 469 Date of citation1494 x 1494 |
Source code
Glas. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Episcopatus Glasguense
Vico Sancte Tanew 1496, Glas. Reg.
Historic formVico Sancte Tanew Head nameVicus Sanctae Tenau PlaceSt Theneu's Gait, Glasgow Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGlas. Reg., no. 473 Date of citation1496 x 1496 |
Source code
Glas. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Episcopatus Glasguense
Saints in this place-name
Thenew, Thaney, Enoch (ns) (certain)
Thenew, mother of Kentigern (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Same specific as St Enoch Square, St Enoch Square, Glasgow
Same specific as St Enoch's Church, St Enoch's Church, former chapel, Glasgow
Same specific as St Teneu's Well, St Teneu's Well, Glasgow
Same specific as St Theneu's Gait, St Theneu's Gait, Glasgow