Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Bay of St Laurence, Greenock
Grid reference
NS 280 760 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
228000 676000
Latitude
55.946242050295396
Longitude
-4.754673332228552
County
Renfrewshire
Nearby places
St Laurence's Chapel, Greenock (0.26 miles)
Greenock, modern parish (0.33 miles)
Kilblain, ~eccles., Greenock (0.45 miles)
Kilblain, settlement, Greenock (0.45 miles)
Kilbirnie, settlement, Greenock (0.88 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
OSA v, 569 (1793) notes, 'On the west side of the united bay of Greenock and Crawfurdsdike, formerly called the Bay of St Laurence from a chapel near it, dedicated to that saint'.
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Laurence's Chapel, Greenock
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Bay of St Laurence
Head name
Bay of St Laurence
Place
Bay of St Laurence, Greenock
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Bay of St Laurence 1793, OSA
Historic formBay of St Laurence Head nameBay of St Laurence PlaceBay of St Laurence, Greenock Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, v, 569 Date of citation1793 x 1793 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Saints in this place-name
Laurence (ns) (certain)
Laurence (ns) (probable)
Relationships with other place names
Same specific as St Laurence's Chapel, St Laurence's Chapel, Greenock
Place-name data
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