Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Glassford, parish
Grid reference
NS 732 470 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
273200 647000
Latitude
55.699862772060676
Longitude
-4.0178400430153
Nearby places
St Ninian's Church, Stonehouse (0.93 miles)
Stonehouse, parish (0.99 miles)
St Laurence's Chapel, Stonehouse (1.44 miles)
Patrickbrae, settlement, Stonehouse (2.15 miles)
Patrickholm, settlement, Stonehouse (2.3 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Glassford Old Church (seventeenth century).
Parish TLA
GFD
County
Lanarkshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Glassford
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Glassford
Place
Glassford, 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 formGlasforde This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameGlassford PlaceGlassford, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i no. 490 Date of citation1374 x 1374 Feature named in sourcechurch Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Glasfuird 1560, Assumption
Historic formGlasfuird This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameGlassford PlaceGlassford, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 531 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourceparsonage 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
Glasford 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formGlasford This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameGlassford PlaceGlassford, 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.
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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