Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kirkpatrick, eccles., Kirkpatrick Juxta
Grid reference
NT 082 009 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
308200 600900
Latitude
55.293606523529895
Longitude
-3.445850006059993
Altitude (metres)
105
County
Dumfriesshire
Nearby places
Kirkpatrick Juxta Moffat, parish (0 miles)
Catharine's Hill, Wamphray (1.72 miles)
Cuddy's Stone, Kirkpatrick Juxta (1.8 miles)
Andrew's Well, Moffat (2.55 miles)
Lady Knowe, Moffat (2.56 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Built in 1799-1800, but apparently on the site of an earlier kirk (earlier stones being found in the kirkyard) (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kirkpatrick
Head name
Kirkpatrick
Place
Kirkpatrick, eccles., Kirkpatrick Juxta
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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?
Yes
Kirkepatric 1187, RRS ii
Historic formKirkepatric Head nameKirkpatrick PlaceKirkpatrick, eccles., Kirkpatrick Juxta Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 260 Date of citation1187 x 1189 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Relationships with other place names
Name is part of Kirkpatrick Juxta, Kirkpatrick Juxta Moffat, parish