Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kirkmaiden, settlement, XKM, Glasserton
Grid reference
NX 367 399 (general (1km))
Six-figure easting & northing
236000 539000
Latitude
54.719110864058
Longitude
-4.546530103786857
County
Wigtownshire
Nearby places
Kirkmaiden, eccles., XKM Glasserton (0.64 miles)
Kirkmaiden, former parish, XKM Glasserton (0.64 miles)
St Medana's Well, Kirkmaiden, Glasserton (0.67 miles)
Lady Well, well, Mochrum (2.55 miles)
Barwinnock, settlement, Glasserton (3.25 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR given is for the area in the 1 km square around Kirkmaiden kirk. The location of the settlement is not known, but is presumed to be in the area of the eponymous kirk.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Glasserton, parish
Within Kirkmaiden, former parish, XKM Glasserton (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kirkmaiden
Head name
Kirkmaiden
Place
Kirkmaiden, settlement, XKM, Glasserton
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Kirkmidyne 1473, RMS
Historic formKirkmidyne Head nameKirkmaiden PlaceKirkmaiden, settlement, XKM, Glasserton Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 1134 Date of citation1473 x 1473 Feature named in sourcelands Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Associated person or bodyWhithorn Priory Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
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 Kirkmaiden, Kirkmaiden, eccles., XKM Glasserton
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