Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Houston, parish
Grid reference
NS 410 670 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
241000 667000
Latitude
55.869924917415815
Longitude
-4.541419047317723
Nearby places
Kilpeter, settlement Houston (0 miles)
St Peter's Church, Houston (0 miles)
St Peter's Well, Houston (0.36 miles)
Peter's Burn, Houston (0.99 miles)
Barfillan, settlement Houston (1.28 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Contains Barfillan, settlement Houston
Contains Killallan, settlement Houston
Contains Kilpeter, settlement Houston
Contains Peter's Burn, Houston
Contains St Fillan's Church, Killellan, Houston
Contains St Fillan's Seat, Houston
Contains St Fillan's Well, Houston
Contains St Peter's Church, Houston
Contains St Peter's Well, Houston
Parish details
Houston includes Killellan KXL
Parish TLA
HOU
County
Renfrewshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Houston
Head name
Houston
Place
Houston, 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
Howston 1265, Pais. Reg.
Historic formHowston Head nameHouston PlaceHouston, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourcePais. Reg., 308 Date of citation1265 x 1469 Feature named in sourceecclesia de Notes on the context of this place-nameAlso New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check]. |
Source code
Pais. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Monasterii de Passelet
Series
Maitland Club
Year
1832
Notes
Also New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check].
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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