Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lady's Steps, Dunlop
Grid reference
NS 408 492 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
240800 649200
Latitude
55.71006424633004
Longitude
-4.5342101718953
County
Ayrshire
Nearby places
Dunlop, parish (0.28 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Dunlop (0.68 miles)
High Kilbride, Stewarton (1.73 miles)
North Kilbride, settlement Stewarton (1.92 miles)
South Kilbride, Stewarton (2.08 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Other
stepping stones
Notes
The OSA (1793) connnects the stepping stones called Lady's Steps with St Mary's Chapel, to which they gave access across the burn. For discussion of the precise location of Lady's Steps and of the chapel, a moot point, see NMRS. No traces of the Lady's Steps survive.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dunlop, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?The Lady's Steps
Head name
The Lady's Steps
Place
Lady's Steps, Dunlop
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Lady's Steps 1793, OSA
Historic formLady's Steps Head nameThe Lady's Steps PlaceLady's Steps, Dunlop Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, ix, 545 Date of citation1793 x 1793 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
The Lady's Steps 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formThe Lady's Steps Head nameThe Lady's Steps PlaceLady's Steps, Dunlop 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
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (maybe)
Lady, Our Lady (maybe)
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