Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St George's Channel, maritime
Grid reference
NX 414 187 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
241400 518700
Latitude
54.538558440911245
Longitude
-4.451773794510192
Nearby places
St Ninian's Cave, Glasserton (10.69 miles)
St Ninian's Chapel, Isle of Whithorn WHT (11.59 miles)
Glasserton, parish (11.99 miles)
Kirkmaiden, settlement, XKM, Glasserton (13.04 miles)
Kirkmaiden, eccles., XKM Glasserton (13.51 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The name 'St George's Channel' has historically been used as an alternative name to 'The Irish Sea', the water between Ireland and Britain. The NGR given below is a more or less arbitrary point lying south of the Scottish mainland.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St George's Channel
Head name
St George's Channel
Place
St George's Channel, maritime
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
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 George's Channel 1795, OSA
Historic formSt George's Channel Head nameSt George's Channel PlaceSt George's Channel, maritime Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, xv, 554 Date of citation1795 x 1795 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Saints in this place-name
George (ns) (certain)
George, martyr (certain)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
