Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Balornock, settlement, Glasgow
Grid reference
NS 618 685 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
261800 668500
Latitude
55.88980631718652
Longitude
-4.210020777041532
County
Lanarkshire
Nearby places
Balornock, ~eccles., Glasgow (0.58 miles)
St Rollox, ~eccles., Glasgow (1.45 miles)
St Mungo's Cathedral, Glasgow (2.11 miles)
Glasgow, parish (2.11 miles)
Lady Well, Glasgow (2.19 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR is for Balornock House as shown on OS 6 inch 1st edn.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Glasgow, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Balornock
Head name
Balornock
Place
Balornock, settlement, Glasgow
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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Budlornac 1173, Glas. Reg.
Historic formBudlornac Head nameBalornock PlaceBalornock, settlement, Glasgow Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGlas. Reg., no. 28 Date of citation1173 x 1173 |
Associated person or bodyBishop of Glasgow Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
Glas. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Episcopatus Glasguense
Buthlornoc 1186, Glas. Reg.
Historic formButhlornoc Head nameBalornock PlaceBalornock, settlement, Glasgow Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGlas. Reg., no. 62 Date of citation1186 x 1186 |
Source code
Glas. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Episcopatus Glasguense
Historic formBalornock Head nameBalornock PlaceBalornock, settlement, Glasgow Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourcePont MS, no. 34: Glasgow and the County of Lanark 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.
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Balornock, Balornock, ~eccles., Glasgow
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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