Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilbride, ~eccles North Bute
Grid reference
NS 035 677 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
203500 667700
Latitude
55.862383012039565
Longitude
-5.140402477731437
County
Bute
Nearby places
Kilbride, settlement North Bute (0.14 miles)
Kilmachalmaig, ~eccles. North Bute (0.69 miles)
Kilmachalmaig, alias St Colmac, North Bute (0.69 miles)
Cnoc-na-mhanan, North Bute (0.88 miles)
Kildavannan, settlement North Bute (0.89 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
No traces survive of the presumed chapel and burial ground. There is some evidence that it stood at about NS035677, for at that site Peter May's map of Bute shows a 'Kirkyard Butt' at that position. For further discussion and early forms see Márkus 2012, 387-9.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kingarth, parish (Bute) (formerly)
Within North Bute, modern parish
Within Rothesay, parish (Bute) (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Kilbride Hill, North Bute
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilbride
Head name
Kilbride
Place
Kilbride, ~eccles North Bute
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?
No
Saints in this place-name
Brig, Brigit, Bride (ns) (certain)
Brigit ingen Dubthaig (of Kildare) (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Kilbride, Kilbride, settlement North Bute
Name is part of Kilbride Hill, Kilbride Hill, North Bute
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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