Saints in Scottish Place-Names

Thankerton, former parish, Covington

Grid reference

NS 984 359 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

298400 635900

Latitude

55.606088151343975

Longitude

-3.6129141764617576

County

Lanarkshire

Nearby places

St John's Kirk, settlement Covington (0.06 miles)

St John's Kirk, (Thankerton) Covington (0.06 miles)

St Ninian's Chapel, Covington (0.43 miles)

Symington, parish, LAN (0.97 miles)

Quothquhan, former parish, Libberton (2.23 miles)

Object Classification

Parish (non-extant in 1975)

Is linear feature?

Notes

NGR for the site of St John's Kirk.

Relationships with other parishes

Within Covington, parish

Relationships with other places

Contains St John's Kirk, (Thankerton) Covington

Contains St John's Kirk, settlement Covington

Parish TLA

TKX

Medieval diocese

Glasgow

Names

2 head-names linked to this place

Thankerton

Head name

Thankerton

Place

Thankerton, former parish, Covington

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

The status of this name is

Hypothetical

Is this a current OS form? ?

Is this the original referent of the place?

Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?

Woodkirk

Head name

Woodkirk

Place

Thankerton, former parish, Covington

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

The status of this name is

Hypothetical

Is this a current OS form? ?

Is this the original referent of the place?

Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?

Wudechirche 1179, Kel. Lib.

Historic form

Wudechirche

Head name

Woodkirk

Place

Thankerton, former parish, Covington

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Kel. Lib., ii no. 413

Date of citation

1179 x 1189

Feature named in source

ecclesiam de

Source code

Kel. Lib.

Source title

Liber S. Marie de Calchou

Series

Bannatyne Club

Volume

Year

1846

Wudechirche 1179, Kel. Lib.

Historic form

Wudechirche

Head name

Woodkirk

Place

Thankerton, former parish, Covington

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Kel. Lib., ii no. 414

Date of citation

1179 x 1189

Feature named in source

ecclesiam de

Source code

Kel. Lib.

Source title

Liber S. Marie de Calchou

Series

Bannatyne Club

Volume

Year

1846

Wodekyrke 1180, Kel. Lib.

Historic form

Wodekyrke

Head name

Woodkirk

Place

Thankerton, former parish, Covington

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Kel. Lib., i no. 275

Date of citation

1180 x 1193

Feature named in source

ecclesiam de

Source code

Kel. Lib.

Source title

Liber S. Marie de Calchou

Series

Bannatyne Club

Volume

Year

1846

Wdekyrch 1180, Kel. Lib.

Historic form

Wdekyrch

Head name

Woodkirk

Place

Thankerton, former parish, Covington

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Kel. Lib., i no. 275

Date of citation

1180 x 1193

Feature named in source

ecclesiam de

Source code

Kel. Lib.

Source title

Liber S. Marie de Calchou

Series

Bannatyne Club

Volume

Year

1846

Wdekirke 1195, RRS ii

Historic form

Wdekirke

Head name

Woodkirk

Place

Thankerton, former parish, Covington

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

RRS ii, no.379

Feature named in source

ecclesiam de

Source code

RRS ii

Source title

Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I

Editors

G. W. S. Barrow

Year

1971

Relationships with other place names

Derives from Woodkirk, St John's Kirk, (Thankerton) Covington

Place-name data

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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps

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Thankerton, former parish, Covington

Grid reference

Six-figure easting & northing

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Nearby places

Object Classification

Is linear feature?

Notes

Relationships with other parishes

Relationships with other places

Parish TLA

Medieval diocese

Names

Thankerton

Head name

Place

Certainty that this name applies to this place

The status of this name is

Is this a current OS form? ?

Is this the original referent of the place?

Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?

Woodkirk

Head name

Place

Certainty that this name applies to this place

The status of this name is

Is this a current OS form? ?

Is this the original referent of the place?

Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?

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Place

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Source

Date of citation

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Date of citation

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Certainty that this name applies to this place

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Date of citation

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Certainty that this name applies to this place

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Date of citation

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