Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Conval's Church, Old Cumnock
Grid reference
NS 567 201 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
256700 620100
Latitude
55.45372665248968
Longitude
-4.266233972912612
Altitude (metres)
114
County
Ayrshire
Nearby places
Old Cumnock, parish aka Cumnock (0 miles)
Tarringzean, settlement, Cumnock (0.78 miles)
Auchinleck, parish (1.32 miles)
Lady's Well, Old Cumnock (1.82 miles)
Ochiltree, parish (3.89 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR is the 18th century parish church of Old Cumnock, which is the likely original site of the medieval parish church. One reference indicates that the church was dedicated to St Conval; the church no longer bears his name as such, though a local school rejoices in the name of St Conval's High School. The Register of Testaments in the Commissariot of Glasgow (Vol. I.) records a will which stipulates: 'Lego corpus meum sepeliendum in pulveribus Sancti Convalli de Cumnok' [I assign my body to be buried in the dust of St. Convall of Cumnock] (cited by Forbes Kalendars of Scot. Saints).
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Conval's Church
Head name
St Conval's Church
Place
St Conval's Church, Old Cumnock
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Probable
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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?
Yes
ecclesia S. Conualli de Cumnok 1384, RMS
Historic formecclesia S. Conualli de Cumnok Head nameSt Conval's Church PlaceSt Conval's Church, Old Cumnock Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii, no. 90 Date of citation1384 x 1384 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Saints in this place-name
Conall, Conual, Conval, Cynfal (ns) (certain)
Conval of Inchinnan (maybe)
Conall m. Áeda of Cluain Dalláin (maybe)
Conval of Eastwood (maybe)