Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kirkcudbright, settlement, Glencairn
Grid reference
NX 770 897 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
277000 589700
Latitude
55.18620759733089
Longitude
-3.9320911864274035
Altitude (metres)
120
County
Dumfriesshire
Nearby places
Nether Kirkcudbright, Glencairn (0 miles)
Kirkcudbright, ~eccles., Glencairn (0.06 miles)
Upper Kirkcudbright, Glencairn (0.26 miles)
Knockausten, settlement, Glencairn (0.87 miles)
Lady's Knowe, Tynron (2.42 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR is for OS Digimap Kirkcudbright (also shown on a different scale as Nether Kirkcudbright)
Relationships with other parishes
Within Glencairn, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Nether Kirkcudbright, Glencairn
Adjacent Upper Kirkcudbright, Glencairn
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kirkcudbright
Head name
Kirkcudbright
Place
Kirkcudbright, settlement, Glencairn
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this the original referent of the place?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formKirkcubre Head nameKirkcudbright PlaceKirkcudbright, settlement, Glencairn Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 3594 Date of citation1511 x 1511 Feature named in sourcelands 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
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Kircudbriht, Kirkcudbright, eccles., Kirkcudbright
Place-name data
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