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Blanefield, Kirkoswald
Grid reference
NS 253 076 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
225300 607600
Latitude
55.33132857074186
Longitude
-4.7544093539958086
Altitude (metres)
131
Nearby places
Auchenblane, Kirkoswald (0.47 miles)
Kirkoswald, settlement, Kirkoswald (0.93 miles)
Kirkoswald, parish (aka Turnberry) (0.93 miles)
Kirk Oswald, eccles. Kirkoswald (0.93 miles)
Southblane, settlement, Kirkoswald (1.08 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Blanefield relates to a cluster of names both Sc and G: Blanefield Burn, but also Auchenblane (NS260079). Blanefield itself may be represented on Blaeu as W. Achinblain. All these names probably relate to the name attested in the original grant of the lands which formed Crosraguel Abbey to Paisley, "Suthblane", probably for "Suidhe Blááin". The suidhe in question may be the low hillock that lies between Auchenblane and Blanefield, or, perhaps, Low Cairn Hill on which the present (1777) parish church of Kirkoswald sits.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Blanefield
Head name
Blanefield
Place
Blanefield, Kirkoswald
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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Blindfield 1752, Roy
Historic formBlindfield Head nameBlanefield PlaceBlanefield, Kirkoswald 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.
Blanefield 1857, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formBlanefield Head nameBlanefield PlaceBlanefield, Kirkoswald Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1857 x 1857 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
Bláán (ns) (maybe) See notes on Auchenblane
Bláán of Bute (maybe) See notes on Auchenblane
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