Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St George's Cross, Glasgow
Grid reference
NS 581 665 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
258100 666500
Latitude
55.87077282610515
Longitude
-4.268090001752451
County
Lanarkshire
Nearby places
St George's in the Fields, Glasgow (0.22 miles)
St Vincent Street, Glasgow (0.63 miles)
St George's-Tron Parish Church, Glasgow (0.84 miles)
St Theneu's Gait, Glasgow (1.05 miles)
St Teneu's Well, Glasgow (1.06 miles)
Object Classification
Other
street
Relationships with other parishes
Within Glasgow, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St George's Cross
Head name
St George's Cross
Place
St George's Cross, Glasgow
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
George (ns) (certain)
George, martyr (certain)
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
Map Layers
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Default map:
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Satellite map:
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Satellite map with labels:
Base map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA, Imagery © Mapbox
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
