Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kippen, parish
Grid reference
NS 651 948 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
265100 694800
Latitude
56.12689810401975
Longitude
-4.170497354106361
Nearby places
St Mauvais' Well, Kippen (0.5 miles)
Lady's Well, Gargunnock (1 miles)
Ladylands, settlement Kippen (1.49 miles)
St Colm's Glen, Gargunnock (2.22 miles)
St Bean's Chapel, Arnprior, Kippen (2.59 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR is for Kippen Old Parish Church, built in the seventeenth century, but perhaps on the site of the medieval kirk (though an alternative tradition exists, putting the former kirk at NS652951) (NMRS).
Relationships with other places
Contains Ladylands, settlement Kippen
Contains St Bean's Chapel, Arnprior, Kippen
Contains St Mauvais' Well, Kippen
Parish TLA
KPN
County
Stirlingshire
Medieval diocese
Dunblane
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kippen
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Kippen
Place
Kippen, parish
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
Kippone 1567, Assumption
Historic formKippone This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKippen PlaceKippen, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 538 Date of citation1567 x 1567 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Associated person or bodyCambuskenneth Abbey Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
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
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