Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Dalserf, modern parish
Grid reference
NS 799 507 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
279900 650700
Latitude
55.73479813165748
Longitude
-3.912911522335033
County
Lanarkshire
Nearby places
Dalserf Chapel, St Mary's, Dalserf (0 miles)
Dalserf, settlement, Dalserf (0.44 miles)
Dalpatrick, settlement Dalserf (0.86 miles)
Dalpatrick, eccles., Dalserf (1.06 miles)
Patrickbrae, settlement, Stonehouse (2.68 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Dalserf, modern parish
Within Dalserf, modern parish
Within Hamilton, parish (formerly Cadzow) (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Contains Dalpatrick, eccles., Dalserf
Contains Dalpatrick, settlement Dalserf
Contains Dalserf Chapel, St Mary's, Dalserf
Contains Dalserf, settlement, Dalserf
Parish details
Dalserf part of Hamilton HAM before Reformation
Parish TLA
DAS
County
Lanarkshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Parish notes
In Cowan 1967 under Machanshire ‘also known as Dalserf’ (142). The lands of Mecheyn belonged to the bishop of Glasgow in the Glasgow Inquest c.1116 (Glas. Reg. no.1), while the chapel founded therein appears to have always been a pendicle of the parish church of Hamilton HAM, which was confirmed to the episcopal mensa of Glasgow by David I c.1150 (Glas. Reg. no.8 - where called ‘ecclesia de Cadihou’ = Cadzow - [not in RRS i or ii]). See Cowan 1967, 142 for more details. The chapel, known as Dalserf in the 15th-16th c., appears to have remained a pendicle of Hamilton at the Reformation (APS iv, 634). Cowan 1967, 142. The chapel of Machan or Dalserf was dedicated to the Virgin. Robert I granted to Walter Fitz-Gilbert the whole tenement of Machan which belonged to John Comyn (RRS v no.51). Mention is made of the chapel of St Mary of Maychan in 1320 (Glas. Reg. p.227). Note boundary charter x1222 Kelso Liber p.151 (quoted OPS i, 107) - mention of an oak marked with a cross! OPS i (108) states that Hamilton and Dalserf were not erected into separate parishes before the Reformation, but nowhere does it state when they were separately constituted. They were apparently already separate by 1568, when John Ramage, 'reader of the kirk of Dalserf' appears in the parliamentary record (RPS 1568/7/15). Not mentioned in Shennan 1892.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Dalserf
Head name
Dalserf
Place
Dalserf, modern 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
Historic formDalserf Head nameDalserf PlaceDalserf, modern parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRPS, 1568/7/15 Date of citation1568 x 1568 |
Source code
RPS
Source title
Records of Parliament of Scotland
Historic formDeserf Head nameDalserf PlaceDalserf, modern parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSHS Misc., vi, 236 Date of citation1670 x 1670 Feature named in sourceparish of |
Source code
SHS Misc.
Source title
The Miscellany of the Scottish History Society
Year
1893 -
Historic formDalserf Head nameDalserf PlaceDalserf, modern parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, vol. 2 p371 Date of citation1792 x 1792 Feature named in sourceparish |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account