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St John's Kirk
Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Burial Vault (Period Unassigned), Church (Period Unassigned)
Site Name St John's Kirk
Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Burial Vault (Period Unassigned), Church (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 47471
Site Number NS93NE 17
NGR NS 98437 35930
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47471
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Covington And Thankerton
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS93NE 17 9843 3593.
(NS 9843 3593) St John's Kirk (NR) (In Ruins)
OS 6" map, Lanarkshire, 2nd ed., (1912).
Between 1175 and 1199, the monks of Kelso obtained a grant of the church of 'Tankardstoun' called 'Wodekyrch'. The church stood in the SE corner of the parish, about a mile and a half from the village.
The old church was allowed to fall into ruin when the parishes of Covington and Thankerton were united in the 18th century.
New Statistical Account (NSA, Rev T Watson: written 1840), 1845; G Chalmers 1887.
The church has disappeared but the graveyard is still maintained.
There is a tradition that, some years ago, a 'golden image' of the Virgin was found here.
A Murray and G V Irving 1864.
A modern burial vault occupies the site.
Visited by OS(WDJ) 22 January 1968.
