St Bride’s Church, Douglas, Scotland

E304003

Church of Scotland church historic church listed building parish church

St Bride’s Church in Douglas, South Lanarkshire, is a historic Scottish church renowned as the ancestral burial place of the powerful Douglas family, including Sir James Douglas, companion of Robert the Bruce.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
St Bride’s Church, Douglas	2
St Bride's Church, Douglas	1
St Bride’s Church, Douglas, Scotland canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2842288 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: St Bride’s Church, Douglas, Scotland
Context triple: [Sir James Douglas, burialPlace, St Bride’s Church, Douglas, Scotland]

A. St Columba’s Church, Douglas
St Columba’s Church, Douglas is the principal Roman Catholic parish church serving the community of Douglas in County Cork, Ireland.
B. St Bride’s Church, East Kilbride
St Bride’s Church in East Kilbride is a notable modernist Roman Catholic church renowned for its striking architectural design by Gillespie, Kidd & Coia.
C. St Andrews Cathedral
St Andrews Cathedral is a ruined medieval cathedral in St Andrews, Scotland, that was once the largest and most important church in the country and a major center of pilgrimage.
D. St Bridget’s Kirk
St Bridget’s Kirk is a medieval ruined church on the shore of the Firth of Forth in Fife, Scotland, noted for its well-preserved architecture and historic graveyard.
E. St George’s Church, Cullercoats
St George’s Church, Cullercoats is a prominent Anglican parish church on the North East coast of England, noted for its Victorian Gothic architecture and historic maritime connections.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: St Bride’s Church, Douglas, Scotland
Target entity description: St Bride’s Church in Douglas, South Lanarkshire, is a historic Scottish church renowned as the ancestral burial place of the powerful Douglas family, including Sir James Douglas, companion of Robert the Bruce.

A. St Columba’s Church, Douglas
St Columba’s Church, Douglas is the principal Roman Catholic parish church serving the community of Douglas in County Cork, Ireland.
B. St Bride’s Church, East Kilbride
St Bride’s Church in East Kilbride is a notable modernist Roman Catholic church renowned for its striking architectural design by Gillespie, Kidd & Coia.
C. St Andrews Cathedral
St Andrews Cathedral is a ruined medieval cathedral in St Andrews, Scotland, that was once the largest and most important church in the country and a major center of pilgrimage.
D. St Bridget’s Kirk
St Bridget’s Kirk is a medieval ruined church on the shore of the Firth of Forth in Fife, Scotland, noted for its well-preserved architecture and historic graveyard.
E. St George’s Church, Cullercoats
St George’s Church, Cullercoats is a prominent Anglican parish church on the North East coast of England, noted for its Victorian Gothic architecture and historic maritime connections.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Church of Scotland church ⓘ historic church ⓘ listed building ⓘ parish church ⓘ
associatedWith	Douglas family ⓘ Robert I of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Robert the Bruce Sir James Douglas ⓘ
buildingType	church ⓘ
burialPlaceOf	Sir James Douglas ⓘ members of the Douglas family ⓘ
category	Category A listed buildings in South Lanarkshire ⓘ Churches in South Lanarkshire ⓘ Douglas family monuments ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Brigid of Kildare ⓘ surface form: Saint Brigid of Kildare
denomination	Church of Scotland ⓘ
function	parish church for the local community ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle	Gothic architecture ⓘ medieval architecture ⓘ
hasCemetery	yes ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	important site in Scottish medieval history ⓘ important site in the history of the Douglas clan ⓘ
hasPart	Douglas family burial vaults ⓘ chancel ⓘ nave ⓘ tower ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Category A listed building ⓘ
heritageStatus	protected historic building ⓘ
isInParish	Douglas parish ⓘ
isPartOf	heritage of Douglas, South Lanarkshire ⓘ
locatedIn	Douglas, South Lanarkshire ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Lanarkshire ⓘ South Lanarkshire ⓘ
locatedInCountry	United Kingdom ⓘ
material	stone ⓘ
near	Douglas Castle ⓘ surface form: Douglas Castle (Douglas, South Lanarkshire)
notableFor	ancestral burial place of the Douglas family ⓘ tombs and monuments of the Douglas family ⓘ
region	Clyde Valley ⓘ
religion	Presbyterian ⓘ surface form: Presbyterianism
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
usedFor	Christian worship ⓘ burials ⓘ tourism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sir James Douglas → burialPlace → St Bride’s Church, Douglas, Scotland ⓘ

Douglas → hasReligiousBuilding → St Bride’s Church, Douglas, Scotland ⓘ

subject surface form: Douglas, South Lanarkshire

this entity surface form: St Bride's Church, Douglas

Douglas Parish → contains → St Bride’s Church, Douglas, Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Bride’s Church, Douglas

William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas → burialPlace → St Bride’s Church, Douglas, Scotland ⓘ