Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kirkandrews, eccles. Kirkandrews on Esk
Grid reference
NY 391 719 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
339100 571900
Latitude
55.037811784031625
Longitude
-2.953034169963695
Altitude (metres)
20
Nearby places
Kirkandrews on Esk, parish now in England (0 miles)
Kirkandrews, settlement, Kirkandrews on Esk (0.12 miles)
Canonbie, parish (2.74 miles)
St Martin's Church, Canonbie (2.74 miles)
Morton, parish (4.13 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR is for the kirk situated a short distance from Kirkandrews Tower.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kirkandrews
Head name
Kirkandrews
Place
Kirkandrews, eccles. Kirkandrews on Esk
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
Kirchandres 1165, RRS ii
Historic formKirchandres Head nameKirkandrews PlaceKirkandrews, eccles. Kirkandrews on Esk Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 62 (p. 165) Date of citation1165 x 1170 Feature named in sourceecclesia |
Associated person or bodyWilliam I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Historic formKirkander Head nameKirkandrews PlaceKirkandrews, eccles. Kirkandrews on Esk Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i, App, 1, no. 94 Date of citation1325 x 1325 Feature named in sourcechurch Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Associated person or bodyRobert I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
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
Andrew (ns) (certain)
Andrew the apostle (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Name is part of Kirkandrews on Esk, Kirkandrews on Esk, parish now in England
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