Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Ninian's Chapel, Covington
Grid reference
NS 984 366 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
298400 636600
Latitude
55.6123760838239
Longitude
-3.6131723177788433
Altitude (metres)
230
County
Lanarkshire
Nearby places
Thankerton, former parish, Covington (0.43 miles)
St John's Kirk, settlement Covington (0.44 miles)
St John's Kirk, (Thankerton) Covington (0.44 miles)
Symington, parish, LAN (1.23 miles)
Quothquhan, former parish, Libberton (1.81 miles)
Object Classification
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS reports no trace of this supposed chapel, nor any local knowledge. From its position between St John's Kirk and the village of Thankerton it may be presumed to have been in the parish of Thankerton until that parish was united with Covington in the eighteenth century.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Ninian's Chapel
Head name
St Ninian's Chapel
Place
St Ninian's Chapel, Covington
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Capellae Sancti Niniani 1608, Retours
Historic formCapellae Sancti Niniani Head nameSt Ninian's Chapel PlaceSt Ninian's Chapel, Covington Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRetours, Lanarkshire, no. 82 Date of citation1608 x 1608 |
Source code
Retours
Source title
Inquisitionum ad Capellam Domini regis Retornatarum .. Abbreviatio
Editors
T. Thomson
Volume
i-iii
Year
1811-16
St Ninian's Chapel 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Ninian's Chapel Head nameSt Ninian's Chapel PlaceSt Ninian's Chapel, Covington 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
Ninian (ns) (certain)
Ninian of Whithorn (certain)
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