Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kirkgunzeon, settlement, Kirkgunzeon
Grid reference
NX 865 667 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
286500 566700
Latitude
54.981876083418086
Longitude
-3.7737786580621333
Altitude (metres)
60
County
Kirkcudbrightshire
Nearby places
Kirkgunzeon, eccles., Kirkgunzeon (0.06 miles)
Kirkgunzeon, parish (0.06 miles)
St Winning's Well, Kirkgunzeon (0.12 miles)
Killymingan, settlement, Kirkgunzeon (0.62 miles)
Torkatrine, settlement, Urr (2.53 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kirkgunzeon, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kirkgunzeon
Head name
Kirkgunzeon
Place
Kirkgunzeon, settlement, Kirkgunzeon
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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formKirkwynny Head nameKirkgunzeon PlaceKirkgunzeon, settlement, Kirkgunzeon Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS vi, no. 235 Date of citation1360 x 1360 |
Source code
RRS vi
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, vol. vi
Editors
Bruce Webster
Year
1982
Kirkgunzane 1459, RMS
Historic formKirkgunzane Head nameKirkgunzeon PlaceKirkgunzeon, settlement, Kirkgunzeon Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 668 Date of citation1459 x 1459 Feature named in sourcebarony Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
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
Kirkgunzane 1496, RMS
Historic formKirkgunzane Head nameKirkgunzeon PlaceKirkgunzeon, settlement, Kirkgunzeon Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 2294 Date of citation1496 x 1496 Feature named in sourcelands and barony Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
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
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