Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Lawrence's Chapel, Colvend & Southwick
Grid reference
NX 879 565 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
287900 556500
Latitude
54.89056521763717
Longitude
-3.7479312692934115
Altitude (metres)
50
County
Kirkcudbrightshire
Nearby places
St Lawrence's Well, Colvend and Southwick (0.06 miles)
Southwick, former parish, Colvend & Southwick (1.69 miles)
St Cuthbert's Cottage, Colvend & Southwick (1.86 miles)
Colvend, former parish, Colvend & Southwick (1.88 miles)
Colvend & Southwick, modern parish (1.88 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Chapel and Well are marked beside the farm of Fairgirth.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Lawrence's Chapel
Head name
St Lawrence's Chapel
Place
St Lawrence's Chapel, Colvend & Southwick
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Lawrence's Chapel 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Lawrence's Chapel Head nameSt Lawrence's Chapel PlaceSt Lawrence's Chapel, Colvend & Southwick 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.
St Lawrence's Chapel 1892, OS 6 inch second edn.
Historic formSt Lawrence's Chapel Head nameSt Lawrence's Chapel PlaceSt Lawrence's Chapel, Colvend & Southwick Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch second edn. Date of citation1892 x 1905 |
Source code
OS 6 inch second edn.
Source title
OS 6 inch second edition
Saints in this place-name
Laurence (ns) (certain)
Laurence, Roman martyr (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Same specific as St Lawrence's Well, St Lawrence's Well, Colvend and Southwick
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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