Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Uphall, parish (alias Strathbrock)
Grid reference
NT 059 722 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
305900 672200
Latitude
55.93367889381893
Longitude
-3.5064231770867615
Nearby places
Ecclesmachan, parish (0.87 miles)
Ecclesmachan, ~eccles. Ecclesmachan (0.87 miles)
Ecclesmachan, settlement Ecclesmachan (0.87 miles)
St Nicholas Church, Uphall (1.02 miles)
Binny, former parish, Ecclesmachan (1.81 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for the parish kirk, recorded by NMRS (Canmore ID 49292) as 'a much altered twelfth-century building, the chancel being extended in the thirteenth century'.
Relationships with other places
Contains St Nicholas Church, Uphall
Contains St Nicholas Church, Uphall
Parish details
Uphall formerly Strathbrock
Parish TLA
UPH
County
West Lothian
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Strathbrock
Head name
Strathbrock
Place
Uphall, parish (alias Strathbrock)
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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Strabrok 1560, Assumption
Historic formStrabrok Head nameStrathbrock PlaceUphall, parish (alias Strathbrock) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 152 |
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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