Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Laurence's Chapel, Stonehouse
Grid reference
NS 755 467 (general (5km))
Six-figure easting & northing
275500 646700
Latitude
55.69776426861511
Longitude
-3.9811272913251696
Nearby places
Stonehouse, parish (0.47 miles)
St Ninian's Church, Stonehouse (0.53 miles)
Glassford, parish (1.44 miles)
Patrickbrae, settlement, Stonehouse (1.62 miles)
Patrickholm, settlement, Stonehouse (1.99 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR is for the centre of Stonehouse, with a 5km radius. The chapel is associated with Stonehouse by the Retour of 1608: 'Capella Sancti Laurentii infra Baroniam de Stanehous', but no further information has been found to enable a more precise location.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Stonehouse, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella Sancti Laurentii
Head name
Capella Sancti Laurentii
Place
St Laurence's Chapel, Stonehouse
The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Capella Sancti Laurentii 1608, Retours
Historic formCapella Sancti Laurentii Head nameCapella Sancti Laurentii PlaceSt Laurence's Chapel, Stonehouse Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRetours, Lanark no. 77 |
Source code
Retours
Source title
Inquisitionum ad Capellam Domini regis Retornatarum .. Abbreviatio
Editors
T. Thomson
Volume
i-iii
Year
1811-16
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