Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kirkconnel Parish Church, (modern) KCL
Grid reference
NS 728 123 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
272800 612300
Latitude
55.388122452359255
Longitude
-4.008246240807331
Altitude (metres)
155
County
Dumfriesshire
Nearby places
Kirkconnel, settlement, Kirkconnel KCL (0 miles)
Kirkconnel, parish KCL (1.7 miles)
St Connel's Church, eccles, Kirkconnel KCL (1.7 miles)
St Conall's Well, Kirkconnel KCL (1.75 miles)
Connelbush, Sanquhar (2.22 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This is the modern parish church of Kirkconnel, around which the settlement of Kirkconnel has grown. The church was built in 1729 and restored in 1896.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kirkconnel, parish KCL
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Kirk of Kirkconnell
Head name
Kirk of Kirkconnell
Place
Kirkconnel Parish Church, (modern) KCL
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
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
Kirk of Kirkconnell 1752, Roy
Historic formKirk of Kirkconnell Head nameKirk of Kirkconnell PlaceKirkconnel Parish Church, (modern) KCL Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRoy Date of citation1752 x 1755 Notes on the context of this place-nameDate for Scotland north of a line from Glasgow to Edinburgh - survey done 1749-52; presented to the king in 1755. For more details see The Early Maps of Scotland 1, 108-9. Note the existence of protracted and fair copies for parts of Scotland. See also full discussion in Whittington, G., 1986i, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part One), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (1), 18-28; and: Whittington, G., 1986ii, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part Two), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (2), 66-73. |
Source code
Roy
Source title
Military Map of Scotland
Editors
General Roy
Year
1749- 1755
Notes
Date for Scotland north of a line from Glasgow to Edinburgh - survey done 1749-52; presented to the king in 1755. For more details see The Early Maps of Scotland 1, 108-9. Note the existence of protracted and fair copies for parts of Scotland. See also full discussion in Whittington, G., 1986i, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part One), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (1), 18-28; and: Whittington, G., 1986ii, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part Two), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (2), 66-73.
Kirkconnel Parish Church
Head name
Kirkconnel Parish Church
Place
Kirkconnel Parish Church, (modern) KCL
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Kirkconnel, St Connel's Church, eccles, Kirkconnel KCL
Is source of Kirkconnel, Kirkconnel, settlement, Kirkconnel KCL
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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