Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St John Street, Stranraer
Grid reference
NX 062 606 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
206200 560600
Latitude
54.902377700821525
Longitude
-5.023048161182053
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Wigtownshire
Nearby places
St John's Chapel, Stranraer (0.18 miles)
Stranraer, modern parish (0.2 miles)
St John's Well, Leswalt (0.45 miles)
Inchmichael, eccles, Inch (2.48 miles)
Inch, parish (2.48 miles)
Object Classification
Other
Is linear feature?
No
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St John Street
Head name
St John Street
Place
St John Street, Stranraer
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
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
Saints in this place-name
John (ns) (certain)
John the Baptist (probable)
John the Apostle or Evangelist (doubtful)
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
Map Layers
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Satellite map:
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Satellite map with labels:
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
