Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Rutherglen, parish
Grid reference
NS 613 617 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
261300 661700
Latitude
55.82860383431202
Longitude
-4.214532350537978
Nearby places
St Mary's Church, Rutherglen (0.19 miles)
Dalmarnock, settlement Glasgow (0.81 miles)
Cathcart, parish (1.75 miles)
St Ninian's Hospital & Chapel, Govan (2.02 miles)
St Andrew's Parish Church, Glasgow (2.05 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Rutherglen Old Parish Church.
Relationships with other places
Contains St Mary's Church, Rutherglen
Contains St Mary's Church, Rutherglen
Parish details
Rutherglen.
Parish TLA
RUG
County
Lanarkshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Parish notes
Granted to Paisley priory by King William 1177x89 [=1177x85 RRS ii no.221], the church was confirmed to the uses of the priory by Bp. Jocelin 1174x99. Nevertheless it did not become effective till after 1227. See Cowan 1967, 175 for more refs. and details. For a list of places in Rutherglen in late 18th c., see Ure 1793, 136.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Rutherglen
Head name
Rutherglen
Place
Rutherglen, 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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formRuthglen Head nameRutherglen PlaceRutherglen, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no.221 Date of citation1177 x 1185 Feature named in sourceecclesiam de |
Associated person or bodyWilliam I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Rughlglen 1265, Pais. Reg.
Historic formRughlglen Head nameRutherglen PlaceRutherglen, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourcePais. Reg., 308 Date of citation1265 x 1469 Feature named in sourceecclesia de Notes on the context of this place-nameAlso New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check]. |
Source code
Pais. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Monasterii de Passelet
Series
Maitland Club
Year
1832
Notes
Also New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check].
Rutherglen 1793, OSA
Historic formRutherglen Head nameRutherglen PlaceRutherglen, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, vol. 9 p1 Date of citation1793 x 1793 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
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