Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kirkbride, ~eccles. Traquair
Grid reference
NT 320 334 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
332000 633400
Latitude
55.58948036444376
Longitude
-3.0790251279017253
Altitude (metres)
190
County
Peebleshire
Nearby places
Kirkbride, settlement Traquair (0 miles)
Traquair, parish, aka Kirkbride (0 miles)
St Brydes Well, Traquair (0.06 miles)
St Ronan's Lodge, Innerleithen (2.34 miles)
St Ronan's Wells, Innerleithen (2.41 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This church erected in 1778, but seventeenth-century gravestones show that an earlier church stood here (NMRS). It is likely to be the site of the original Kirkbride.
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Detached from Kirkbride, settlement Traquair
Adjacent St Brydes Well, Traquair
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kirkbride
Head name
Kirkbride
Place
Kirkbride, ~eccles. Traquair
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
Kirkbryde 1561, Thirds of Benefices
Historic formKirkbryde Head nameKirkbride PlaceKirkbride, ~eccles. Traquair Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceThirds of Benefices, 25 Date of citation1561 x 1572 Feature named in sourcevicarage of |
Source code
Thirds of Benefices
Source title
Accounts of the Collectors of Thirds of Benefices 1561-1572
Editors
Gordon Donaldson
Series
Scottish History Society
Year
1949
Saints in this place-name
Brig, Brigit, Bride (ns) (certain)
Brigit ingen Dubthaig (of Kildare) (certain)
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