Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Symington, parish, LAN
Grid reference
NS 998 352 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
299800 635200
Latitude
55.60009033680936
Longitude
-3.5904441609536817
Nearby places
Thankerton, former parish, Covington (0.97 miles)
St John's Kirk, settlement Covington (1.03 miles)
St John's Kirk, (Thankerton) Covington (1.03 miles)
St Ninian's Chapel, Covington (1.23 miles)
Ladyholm Cottage, Culter LAN (1.51 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Parish TLA
SMN
County
Lanarkshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Parish notes
In origin a chapel of Wiston, which had been granted to Kelso Abbey c. 1160, the chapel itself was subsequently claimed by the abbey c. 1180, and this, subject to the incumbent's rights, was admitteed by Simon Loccard and confirmed by Jocelin, bishop of Glasgow, c. 1189 x 99 (Cowan 1967, 194).
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Symington
Head name
Symington
Place
Symington, parish, LAN
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
Symondeston 1240, Kel. Lib.
Historic formSymondeston Head nameSymington PlaceSymington, parish, LAN Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceKel. Lib., ii no. 333 Date of citation1240 x 27 Feature named in sourceecclesiam de |
Source code
Kel. Lib.
Source title
Liber S. Marie de Calchou
Series
Bannatyne Club
Volume
2
Year
1846
Symondston' 1273, Kel. Lib.
Historic formSymondston' Head nameSymington PlaceSymington, parish, LAN Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceKel. Lib., ii no. 334 Date of citation1273 x 1273 Feature named in sourcedecimis ecclesie de |
Source code
Kel. Lib.
Source title
Liber S. Marie de Calchou
Series
Bannatyne Club
Volume
2
Year
1846
Symondston 1273, Kel. Lib.
Historic formSymondston Head nameSymington PlaceSymington, parish, LAN Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceKel. Lib., ii no. 334 Date of citation1273 x 1273 Feature named in sourceecclesiam de |
Source code
Kel. Lib.
Source title
Liber S. Marie de Calchou
Series
Bannatyne Club
Volume
2
Year
1846
Villa Simonis
Head name
Villa Simonis
Place
Symington, parish, LAN
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
uill[a] Symon' 1175, Kel. Lib.
Historic formuill[a] Symon' Head nameVilla Simonis PlaceSymington, parish, LAN Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceKel. Lib., ii no. 335 Date of citation1175 x 1195 Feature named in sourcecapella |
Source code
Kel. Lib.
Source title
Liber S. Marie de Calchou
Series
Bannatyne Club
Volume
2
Year
1846
uilla Symonis Lockard 1175, Kel. Lib.
Historic formuilla Symonis Lockard Head nameVilla Simonis PlaceSymington, parish, LAN Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceKel. Lib., ii no. 413 Date of citation1175 x 1199 Feature named in sourceecclesiam de |
Source code
Kel. Lib.
Source title
Liber S. Marie de Calchou
Series
Bannatyne Club
Volume
2
Year
1846
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