Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Stirling, parish
Grid reference
NS 792 937 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
279200 693700
Latitude
56.120795780071234
Longitude
-3.9432902702712656
Nearby places
Holy Rude Church, Stirling (0 miles)
St John Street, Stirling (0.06 miles)
St Mary's Wynd, Stirling (0.09 miles)
St Michael's Chapel, Castle, Stirling (0.26 miles)
Tibirmasko, ~well, St Ninians or Stirling (0.45 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for Church of the Holy Rude.
Relationships with other places
Contains Cambuskenneth, abbey church, CKX, Stirling
Contains Cambuskenneth, settlement
Contains Holy Rude Church, Stirling
Contains Ladyneuk, settlement Stirling
Contains St James Hospital, Stirling
Contains St John Street, Stirling
Contains St Mary's Land, Stirling
Contains St Mary's Wynd, Stirling
Contains St Michael's Chapel, Castle, Stirling
Contains St Michael's Hill, Stirling
Contains St Ninian's Chapel, St Ninians or Stirling
Contains St Ninian's Well, Stirling
Contains St Roch's Chapel, Stirling
Contains St Thomas's Well, Stirling
NMRS says Stirling, but may be St Ninians. CHECK.
Parish TLA
STG
County
Stirlingshire
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Stirling
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Stirling
Place
Stirling, 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
Stirvilling 1560, Assumption
Historic formStirvilling This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameStirling PlaceStirling, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 545 Date of citation1560 x 1570 |
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
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