Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Bonhill, parish
Grid reference
NS 394 796 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
239400 679600
Latitude
55.98250236039117
Longitude
-4.574456473477024
Nearby places
Bonhill, ~eccles., Bonhill (0 miles)
Ladyton, settlement, Bonhill (0.36 miles)
Kilmalid, settlement Dumbarton (1.43 miles)
Kirkmichael, settlement, Dumbarton (1.63 miles)
Kirkmichael, ~eccles., Dumbarton (1.63 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for church built in 1836, on site of an earlier church of 1747. It is not known if this was the site of the medieval kirk.
Relationships with other places
Contains Bonhill, ~eccles., Bonhill
Contains Ladyton, settlement, Bonhill
Parish TLA
BON
County
Dunbartonshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Bonhill
Head name
Bonhill
Place
Bonhill, 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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Buthelulle 1265, Glas. Reg.
Historic formButhelulle Head nameBonhill PlaceBonhill, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGlas. Reg., p. 145 Date of citation1265 x 1275 |
Source code
Glas. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Episcopatus Glasguense
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