Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kirkandrews, eccles, KXQ Borgue
Grid reference
NX 600 481 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
260000 548100
Latitude
54.80809099843425
Longitude
-4.178578668199098
Altitude (metres)
15
County
Kirkcudbrightshire
Nearby places
Kirkandrews, former parish KXQ, Borgue (0 miles)
Kirkandrews, settlement, KXQ, Borgue (0.06 miles)
St Andrew's Well, Kirkandrews KXQ, Borgue (0.14 miles)
Borgue, parish (1.74 miles)
St Nicholas Church, Borgue KCB (1.74 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Daphne Brooke connects this church to an Anglian religious community on Ardwall Island, just offshore (on the site of an even earlier, presumably British) burial ground, where a memorial stone was inscribed with the OE name 'Cuthgar' (Brooke 1991, 306). In 1684 it was noted that 'In the Kirkyard of Kirkanders upon the ninth day of August, there is a fair kept called St Lawrence Fair, where all sort of merchant wares are to be sold, but the fair lasts only three or four houres and then the people who flock hither in great companies drink and debauch and commonly great leudness is committed here at this fair' (Geog. Coll. ii, 65-6).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Borgue, parish
Within Kirkandrews, former parish KXQ, Borgue (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Kirkandrews
Head name
Kirkandrews
Place
Kirkandrews, eccles, KXQ Borgue
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Kircandrum 1275, Bagimond's Roll
Historic formKircandrum Head nameKirkandrews PlaceKirkandrews, eccles, KXQ Borgue Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBagimond's Roll, 74 Date of citation1275 x 1275 Feature named in sourcechurch Notes on the context of this place-nameThe text composed in 1287 accounts for tax raised in Scotland 1275 and 1276. |
Source code
Bagimond's Roll
Author
A.I.Dunlop
Source title
Bagimond's Roll
Secondary Title
Scottish History Society Miscellany
Pages
25-77
Volume
vi
Year
1939
Notes
The text composed in 1287 accounts for tax raised in Scotland 1275 and 1276.
Kirk andres 1654, Blaeu
Historic formKirk andres Head nameKirkandrews PlaceKirkandrews, eccles, KXQ Borgue Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Galloway Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Kirkanders 1684, Geog. Coll. II
Historic formKirkanders Head nameKirkandrews PlaceKirkandrews, eccles, KXQ Borgue Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. II, 65 Date of citation1684 x 1684 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Source code
Geog. Coll. II
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Editors
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
2 of 3
Saints in this place-name
Andrew (ns) (certain)
Andrew the apostle (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Same specific as St Andrew's Well, St Andrew's Well, Kirkandrews KXQ, Borgue
St Andrews Church
Head name
St Andrews Church
Place
Kirkandrews, eccles, KXQ Borgue
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
St Andrews Church 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Andrews Church Head nameSt Andrews Church PlaceKirkandrews, eccles, KXQ Borgue Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Feature named in sourceruins of Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Saints in this place-name
Andrew (ns) (certain)
Andrew the apostle (certain)
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