Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilbride, ~eccles. Kilmacolm
Grid reference
NS 340 710 (general (5km))
Six-figure easting & northing
234000 671000
Latitude
55.90347053523968
Longitude
-4.655625554538432
County
Renfrewshire
Nearby places
East Kilbride, settlement Kilmacolm (0.57 miles)
West Kilbride, settlement Kilmacolm (0.59 miles)
Low Mathernock, Kilmacolm (0.94 miles)
High Mathernock, Kilmacolm (0.99 miles)
Mathernock, settlement Kilmacolm (1.24 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The existence of this ecclesiastical object is inferred from the names of proximate farms of West Kilbride and East Kilbride, the latter of which appears in the fifteenth century. The NGR given is for the area of these two farms. NMRS records no remains of the chapel.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kilmacolm, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilbride
Head name
Kilbride
Place
Kilbride, ~eccles. Kilmacolm
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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?
Yes
Saints in this place-name
Brig, Brigit, Bride (ns) (certain)
Brigit ingen Dubthaig (of Kildare) (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of East Kilbride, East Kilbride, settlement Kilmacolm
Is source of West Kilbride, West Kilbride, settlement Kilmacolm
Place-name data
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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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