Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Killbrocks, Soulseat, Inch
Grid reference
NX 121 581 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
212100 558100
Latitude
54.88219190939611
Longitude
-4.929521075657697
County
Wigtownshire
Nearby places
Kirminnoch, Soulseat, Inch (0.14 miles)
Glenluce, parish (now Old Luce) (1.03 miles)
Soulseat, former parish, Inch (1.34 miles)
Inchmichael, eccles, Inch (2.1 miles)
Inch, parish (2.1 miles)
Object Classification
Vegetation
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
On OS maps the name refers to a small wood. The name could therefore contain G 'coille' 'wood', but the form raises the possibility that the woodland name is a survival of an older name containing G 'cill'.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Inch, parish
Within Soulseat, former parish, Inch (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Killbrocks
Head name
Killbrocks
Place
Killbrocks, Soulseat, Inch
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
Killbrocks 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formKillbrocks Head nameKillbrocks PlaceKillbrocks, Soulseat, Inch Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 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.
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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