Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Ninian's Mill, Linlithgow
Grid reference
NS 987 780 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
298700 678000
Latitude
55.98431286844817
Longitude
-3.623816146688816
Altitude (metres)
30
County
West Lothian
Nearby places
St John's Acre, Linlithgow (0.65 miles)
Mount Michael, Linlithgow (0.77 miles)
Bo'ness & Carriden, modern parish (1.02 miles)
Linlithgow, parish (1.05 miles)
St Michael's Church, Linlithgow (1.05 miles)
Object Classification
Other
mill
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
It is shown on both Adair's map of West Lothian and on Roy's map lying immediately to the east of Little Mill. Both mills stand beside the burn that carries water from the loch at Linlithgow into the River Avon. Little Mill still survives, but there is no trace of St Ninian's Mill. In 1795 the minister reported that there was a chapel dedicated to St Ninian at the west port of Linlithgow (OSA xiv, 569). It is possible that this mill was in some way connected to the chapel.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Linlithgow, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Ninian's Mill
Head name
St Ninian's Mill
Place
St Ninian's Mill, Linlithgow
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
S. Ninians 1684, Adair, West Lothian
Historic formS. Ninians Head nameSt Ninian's Mill PlaceSt Ninian's Mill, Linlithgow Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAdair, West Lothian Date of citation1684 x 1684 Feature named in sourcemill (shown by mill symbol) Notes on the context of this place-nameShelfmark in NLS: Adv.MS.70.2.11 (Adair 8), A good digital image of this map is available on line at www.nls.uk. |
Source code
Adair, West Lothian
Author
John Adair
Source title
Mappe of Wast Lothian comonly called Linlithgowshire
Year
1684
Notes
Shelfmark in NLS: Adv.MS.70.2.11 (Adair 8), A good digital image of this map is available on line at www.nls.uk.
S. Ninians Mill 1750, Roy
Historic formS. Ninians Mill Head nameSt Ninian's Mill PlaceSt Ninian's Mill, Linlithgow Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRoy Date of citation1750 x 1750 Notes on the context of this place-nameDate for Scotland north of a line from Glasgow to Edinburgh - survey done 1749-52; presented to the king in 1755. For more details see The Early Maps of Scotland 1, 108-9. Note the existence of protracted and fair copies for parts of Scotland. See also full discussion in Whittington, G., 1986i, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part One), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (1), 18-28; and: Whittington, G., 1986ii, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part Two), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (2), 66-73. |
Source code
Roy
Source title
Military Map of Scotland
Editors
General Roy
Year
1749- 1755
Notes
Date for Scotland north of a line from Glasgow to Edinburgh - survey done 1749-52; presented to the king in 1755. For more details see The Early Maps of Scotland 1, 108-9. Note the existence of protracted and fair copies for parts of Scotland. See also full discussion in Whittington, G., 1986i, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part One), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (1), 18-28; and: Whittington, G., 1986ii, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part Two), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (2), 66-73.
Saints in this place-name
Ninian (ns) (certain)
Ninian of Whithorn (certain)
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