Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Monkton & Prestwick, parish
Grid reference
NS 350 250 (general (5km))
Six-figure easting & northing
235000 625000
Latitude
55.49088360436068
Longitude
-4.611947467287968
Nearby places
St Ninian's Hospital, Kingcase, MPK (0.31 miles)
St Nicholas Parish Church, Prestwick (0.31 miles)
Maryborough, MPK, Ayrshire (0.44 miles)
St Nicholas's Well, Prestwick (0.87 miles)
Prestwick St Nicholas, parish (burgh) (0.87 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the vague centre of the modern parish, which is a union of two medieval parishes.
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Monkton, former parish, Monkton & Prestwick
Relationships with other places
Contains Lady Kirk, eccles. Monkton & Prestwick AYR
Contains Ladykirk, settlement, Monkton & Prestwick
Contains Maryborough, MPK, Ayrshire
Contains St Cuthbert's Church, Monkton & Prestwick
Contains St Cuthbert's Parish Church, Prestwick
Contains St Nicholas Parish Church, Prestwick
Contains St Nicholas's Church, Prestwick
Contains St Ninian's Church (Episc.), MPK
Contains St Ninian's Hospital, Kingcase, MPK
Contains St Ninian's Hospital, Kingcase, MPK
Parish details
Monkton MOX & Prestwick PKX
Parish TLA
MPK
County
Ayrshire
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Monkton & Prestwick
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Monkton & Prestwick
Place
Monkton & Prestwick, 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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Place-name data
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Satellite map with labels:
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
