Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Strathblane, parish
Grid reference
NS 563 793 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
256300 679300
Latitude
55.985165825829064
Longitude
-4.303646033958663
Nearby places
St Mackessog's Well, Strathblane (1.54 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Craigbarnet, Campsie (1.68 miles)
St Patrick's Well, Strathblane (1.81 miles)
Maryland, settlement Campsie (2.42 miles)
Kilwinnet, settlement Campsie (2.74 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for the parish kirk, built 1802 x 1804, on the site of an earlier church - though not necessarily the site of the medieval kirk (NMRS).
Relationships with other places
Contains Blane Water, Strathblane & Killearn
Contains St Mackessog's Well, Strathblane
Contains St Patrick's Well, Strathblane
Parish TLA
SBL
County
Stirlingshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Strathblane
Head name
Strathblane
Place
Strathblane, parish
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Strablahane 1430, Glas. Reg.
Historic formStrablahane Head nameStrathblane PlaceStrathblane, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGlas. Reg., no. 338 Date of citation1430 x 1430 |
Source code
Glas. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Episcopatus Glasguense
Strablane 1560, Assumption
Historic formStrablane Head nameStrathblane PlaceStrathblane, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 539 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Source code
Assumption
Source title
The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation
Editors
J. Kirk
Series
Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21
Year
1995
Stra Blain 1583, Pont MS
Historic formStra Blain Head nameStrathblane PlaceStrathblane, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourcePont MS, no. 32: the East Central Lowlands Date of citation1583 x 1596 Notes on the context of this place-nameAlso printed in Stone 1989. Originals held by NLS; these have all been digitised and can be consulted in the NLS Map Library; also on the web. |
Source code
Pont MS
Author
Timothy Pont
Source title
Pont Manuscript
Year
1590x1610
Notes
Also printed in Stone 1989. Originals held by NLS; these have all been digitised and can be consulted in the NLS Map Library; also on the web.
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