Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Cardross, parish
Grid reference
NS 393 750 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
239300 675000
Latitude
55.94117593782928
Longitude
-4.573314545169766
Nearby places
Dumbarton, parish (0.26 miles)
Helenslee, settlement Cardross (0.5 miles)
St Patrick's Chapel, in Castle, Dumbarton (0.53 miles)
Dalmoak, Cardross (1.14 miles)
Kirkmichael, settlement, Dumbarton (1.26 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for Cardross Old Parish Church, now in Levengrove Park.
Relationships with other places
Contains Dalmoak, Cardross
Contains Helenslee, settlement Cardross
Contains Kilbride, St Bride's Chapel, eccles. Rhu
Contains Kilmahew, settlement Cardoss
Contains Kirkmichael, settlement Rhu
Contains St Mahew's Church, aka Kilmahew Cardross
Contains St Michael's Chapel, eccles. Rhu
Parish TLA
CAS
County
Dunbartonshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Cardross
Head name
Cardross
Place
Cardross, parish
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Cardros 1560, Assumption
Historic formCardros Head nameCardross PlaceCardross, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 542 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcevicarage pensionary of |
Source code
Assumption
Source title
The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation
Editors
J. Kirk
Series
Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21
Year
1995
Place-name data
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