Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Nemphlar, former parish, Lanark
Grid reference
NS 855 445 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
285500 644500
Latitude
55.68046794151545
Longitude
-3.821175853686605
County
Lanarkshire
Nearby places
Lady Well, Nemphlar, Lanark (0.25 miles)
My Lady's Well, Nemphlar, Lanark (0.26 miles)
St Oswald's Chapel, Carluke (1.53 miles)
St Nicholas Church (medieval), Lanark (1.7 miles)
St Nicholas's Church (modern), Lanark (1.7 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the supposed site of the church as recorded by NMRS (Canmore ID 46641).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Lanark, parish
Relationships with other places
Contains Lady Well, Nemphlar, Lanark
Contains My Lady's Well, Nemphlar, Lanark
Parish TLA
NPX
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Nemphlar
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Nemphlar
Place
Nemphlar, former parish, Lanark
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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formNenflare This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameNemphlar PlaceNemphlar, former parish, Lanark Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 187 Date of citation1173 x 1214 Feature named in sourceparochia |
Associated person or bodyWilliam I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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