Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Muirkirk, modern parish
Grid reference
NS 700 277 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
270000 627700
Latitude
55.525692450975505
Longitude
-4.059618494043567
County
Ayrshire
Nearby places
St Thomas the Apostle Church, Muirkirk (0.09 miles)
Lady Burn, Auchinleck (4.33 miles)
Friarminnan, settlement, Kirkconnel KCL (5.95 miles)
St Connell's Grave, Kirkconnel KCL (7.39 miles)
St Conall's Well, Kirkconnel KCL (7.98 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR is modern parish church. It seems likely to be in original location, given preponderance of names around (Kirk Green, Kirk Burn, etc.)
Relationships with other parishes
Within Mauchline, parish (formerly)
Contains Muirkirk, modern parish
Within Muirkirk, modern parish
Relationships with other places
Parish TLA
MUK
County
Ayrshire
Parish notes
The parish was created out of Mauchline in the seventeenth century.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Muirkirk
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Muirkirk
Place
Muirkirk, modern 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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Muirkirk 1630, Geog. Coll. II
Historic formMuirkirk This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameMuirkirk PlaceMuirkirk, modern parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. II, 588 Date of citation1630 x 1630 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Source code
Geog. Coll. II
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Editors
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
2 of 3
Historic formMuirkirk This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameMuirkirk PlaceMuirkirk, modern parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, vol. 7 p598 Date of citation1793 x 1793 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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