Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Leonard's Church (modern), Lanark
Grid reference
NS 884 436 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
288400 643600
Latitude
55.6730595795668
Longitude
-3.7747090408738053
Altitude (metres)
215
County
Lanarkshire
Nearby places
St Mungo's Well, Lanark (0.14 miles)
St Nicholas Church (medieval), Lanark (0.19 miles)
St Nicholas's Church (modern), Lanark (0.19 miles)
St Kentigern's Church, Lanark (0.31 miles)
Lanark, parish (0.31 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Built in 1842, 'it probably got its name from an old chapel attached to the hospital' (SCRAN). See St Leonard's Hospital, Lanark and St Leonard's Church, Lanark, for discussion.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Lanark, parish
Relationships with other places
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Leonard's Church
Head name
St Leonard's Church
Place
St Leonard's Church (modern), Lanark
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Leonard's Church 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Leonard's Church Head nameSt Leonard's Church PlaceSt Leonard's Church (modern), Lanark 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.
Saints in this place-name
Leonard (ns) (certain)
Leonard of Noblac (certain)
Place-name data
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