Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Cambuslang, parish
Grid reference
NS 645 599 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
264500 659900
Latitude
55.813349270039915
Longitude
-4.162584310854928
Nearby places
St Mary's Chapel, Cambuslang (0.32 miles)
St Mary's Church, Rutherglen (2.12 miles)
Rutherglen, parish (2.28 miles)
Kilbride, settlement East Kilbride (2.67 miles)
Dalmarnock, settlement Glasgow (2.81 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for Cambuslang Old Parish Church. This was built in 1841 on the site of a series of earlier buildings.
Relationships with other places
Contains St Mary's Chapel, Cambuslang
Parish TLA
CAG
County
Lanarkshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Cambuslang
Head name
Cambuslang
Place
Cambuslang, 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
Cambuslang 1429, Glas. Reg.
Historic formCambuslang Head nameCambuslang PlaceCambuslang, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGlas. Reg., no. 335 Date of citation1429 x 1429 |
Source code
Glas. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Episcopatus Glasguense
Cambuslang 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formCambuslang Head nameCambuslang PlaceCambuslang, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Place-name data
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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