Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Slamannan, parish, aka St Laurence
Grid reference
NS 856 733 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
285600 673300
Latitude
55.93915771987559
Longitude
-3.831696870434087
Nearby places
St Laurence's Church, Slamannan (0 miles)
St Lawrence Cottage, Slamannan (0.14 miles)
St Laurence's Well, Slamannan (0.14 miles)
High St Laurence Well, Slamannan (0.14 miles)
Catrin Burn, Falkirk (1.69 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for church built in 1810, presumed to be on the site of the medieval church.
Relationships with other places
Contains High St Laurence Well, Slamannan
Contains St Laurence's Church, Slamannan
Contains St Laurence's Well, Slamannan
Contains St Lawrence Cottage, Slamannan
Parish TLA
SLM
County
Stirlingshire
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Parish notes
An independent parsonage in Bag. (p.56), the church remained unappropriated at the Reformation, it then lying within the patronage of Sandilands of Calder and Cunningham of Polmaise (RMS iv nos. 867, 1078, 1382, 1461; Prot. Bk. Johnsoun, nos. 121, 222). Cowan 1967, 184. In middle ages the parish of Slamannan SLM lay entirely south of the River Avon (see maps in Reid 1993, 80 & 82). In 1725 the lands of Easter and Wester Jaw, Elrig and Croftandy (both pertaining to Abbotskerse, the bulk of which had gone to make up the new parish of Polmont or Grangemouth GRM created in the same year) west of Muiravonside and north of the Avon, were annexed to Slamannan SLM (Reid 1993, 81, 87 - see also map ibid., 86). Not mentioned in Shennan 1892.
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Slamannan
Head name
Slamannan
Place
Slamannan, parish, aka St Laurence
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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Slefmanyn 1274, Bag. Roll MS.
Historic formSlefmanyn Head nameSlamannan PlaceSlamannan, parish, aka St Laurence Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBag. Roll MS., f.59v [p.56) Date of citation1274 x 1274 Feature named in sourceecclesia de Notes on the context of this place-nameMicrofilm |
Source code
Bag. Roll MS.
Source title
Bagimond's Roll: ASV Collectorie 213 (ed.)
Notes
Microfilm
Sleimanane 1560, Assumption
Historic formSleimanane Head nameSlamannan PlaceSlamannan, parish, aka St Laurence Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 552 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcevicarage pensionary |
Source code
Assumption
Source title
The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation
Editors
J. Kirk
Series
Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21
Year
1995
St Laurence
Head name
St Laurence
Place
Slamannan, parish, aka St Laurence
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St. Laurence 1723, Geog. Coll. I
Historic formSt. Laurence Head nameSt Laurence PlaceSlamannan, parish, aka St Laurence Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. I, 318 Date of citation1723 x 1723 Feature named in sourceparish |
Source code
Geog. Coll. I
Author
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
1 of 3
Year
1906
St. Laurence 1795, OSA
Historic formSt. Laurence Head nameSt Laurence PlaceSlamannan, parish, aka St Laurence Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, xiv, 78 Date of citation1795 x 1795 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account