Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Helen's Loch, Falkirk
Grid reference
NS 833 796 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
283300 679600
Latitude
55.99518532219767
Longitude
-3.871230538372923
Altitude (metres)
65
County
Stirlingshire
Nearby places
St Alchenter's Well, Dunipace (1.97 miles)
Sanct Alexanders Cuthill, Dunipace (2.06 miles)
St Alchenter's Chapel, Dunipace (2.14 miles)
Larbert, parish (2.15 miles)
Denny, modern parish (2.36 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR given for the approximate centre of the loch.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Falkirk, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Helen's Loch
Head name
St Helen's Loch
Place
St Helen's Loch, Falkirk
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
Helins Loch 1583, Pont MS
Historic formHelins Loch Head nameSt Helen's Loch PlaceSt Helen's Loch, Falkirk Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourcePont MS, no. 32: the East Central Lowlands Date of citation1583 x 1596 Notes on the context of this place-nameAlso printed in Stone 1989. Originals held by NLS; these have all been digitised and can be consulted in the NLS Map Library; also on the web. |
Source code
Pont MS
Author
Timothy Pont
Source title
Pont Manuscript
Year
1590x1610
Notes
Also printed in Stone 1989. Originals held by NLS; these have all been digitised and can be consulted in the NLS Map Library; also on the web.
Saints in this place-name
Helen (ns) (certain)
Helen, mother of Constantine (certain)
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