Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Brideland, settlement, Stewarton
Grid reference
NS 410 450 (vague location)
Six-figure easting & northing
241000 645000
Latitude
55.672424613927824
Longitude
-4.528593848264711
County
Ayrshire
Nearby places
St Columba's Parish Church, Stewarton (0.62 miles)
Stewarton, parish (0.62 miles)
High Kilbride, Stewarton (1.24 miles)
South Kilbride, Stewarton (1.29 miles)
Kilbride, ~eccles. Stewarton (1.39 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The name appears in RMS ii no. 1876 (2489) among a series of lands which all lie in the parish of Stewarton. The NGR given is for the village of Stewarton, as the vague centre of the area where Bridelands might lie. Note that Kilbride also lies in this parish.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Stewarton, parish
Relationships with other places
Related ? Kilbride, ~eccles. Stewarton
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Brideland
Head name
Brideland
Place
Brideland, settlement, Stewarton
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Bridylandis 1452, RMS
Historic formBridylandis Head nameBrideland PlaceBrideland, settlement, Stewarton Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 583 Date of citation1452 x 1452 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
Historic formBrideland Head nameBrideland PlaceBrideland, settlement, Stewarton Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 1876 Date of citation1489 x 1489 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
Bridilland 1509, RMS
Historic formBridilland Head nameBrideland PlaceBrideland, settlement, Stewarton Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 3371 Date of citation1509 x 1509 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
Bridylandis 1541, RMS
Historic formBridylandis Head nameBrideland PlaceBrideland, settlement, Stewarton Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 2270 Date of citation1541 x 1541 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
Language
English / Scots
Saints in this place-name
Brig, Brigit, Bride (ns) (maybe) Note that there is a Kilbride in Stewarton parish, and there is a possibility that Brigit was the parish saint.
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