Saints in Scottish Place-Names

St Connel's Chapel, Neilston

Grid reference

NS 493 588 (assumed location)

Six-figure easting & northing

249300 658800

Latitude

55.79897107119659

Longitude

-4.404339822279149

County

Renfrewshire

Nearby places

St Connel's Well, Neilston (0 miles)

Neilston, parish (1.23 miles)

St George's Church, Paisley (3.12 miles)

St Mirren's Burn, Paisley (3.16 miles)

St Ninian's Cross, Paisley (3.2 miles)

Object Classification

Ecclesiastical

Is linear feature?

No

Notes

In 1504 this chapel was mentioned as lying in the parish of Paisley. This suggests that the boundary between Paisley parish and Neilston parish has moved. It may be that the Levern Water, on whose north-west side (i.e. the Paisley side) this chapel lies, was the medieval parish boundary. The boundary is now 0.75 miles NW of the well, placing the well firmly in Neilston parish. See NMRS for further historical notes and discussion of the site and its remains (Canmore ID 42998).

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Relationships with other parishes

Within Neilston, parish

Within Paisley, parish (formerly)

Relationships with other places

Adjacent St Connel's Well, Neilston

Names

Capella Sancti Conalli

Capelle Sancti Conalli 1504, Glas. Reg.

Saints in this place-name

Conall, Conual, Conval, Cynfal (ns) (certain)

Conval of Inchinnan (maybe)

Conval of Eastwood (maybe)

Relationships with other place names

Same specific as St Connel's Well, St Connel's Well, Neilston