Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Catherine's Chapel, Shotts
Grid reference
NS 843 629 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
284300 662900
Latitude
55.84544193948407
Longitude
-3.8480534520820897
Altitude (metres)
260
County
Lanarkshire
Nearby places
Shotts, modern parish (0 miles)
Kate's Well, Shotts (0.14 miles)
Tipperdavie, well Shotts (1.89 miles)
Ladylands, Shotts (2.28 miles)
Petersburn, settlement, New Monkland (4.44 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
It was founded as a chapel in 1450 by James Hamilton, later becoming parish kirk of Shotts. A hospital for the poor was alos built here (NMRS, q.v. for further discussion). Session Records for this parish record a 'Kate's Fair', which was held in the 'Fair Ground' which is shown west of the kirk and south of Kate's Well on OS 1:2,500 (1864).
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Kate's Well, Shotts
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Catherine's Chapel
Head name
St Catherine's Chapel
Place
St Catherine's Chapel, Shotts
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Catharine's Chapel 1795, OSA
Historic formSt Catharine's Chapel Head nameSt Catherine's Chapel PlaceSt Catherine's Chapel, Shotts Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, xv, 55 Date of citation1795 x 1795 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
St Catherine's Chapel 1864, OS 1: 2,500
Historic formSt Catherine's Chapel Head nameSt Catherine's Chapel PlaceSt Catherine's Chapel, Shotts Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 1: 2,500 Notes on the context of this place-nameThis series of maps goes through several editions and revisions over time. References to these maps will give dates to identify which version of the map is being referred to. |
Source code
OS 1: 2,500
Source title
Ordnance Survey Map, 1:2,500 scale
Notes
This series of maps goes through several editions and revisions over time. References to these maps will give dates to identify which version of the map is being referred to.
Saints in this place-name
Catherine (ns) (certain)
Catherine of Siena (certain)
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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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