Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kirkbride aka Kilbride, settlement, Barr
Grid reference
NX 243 876 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
224300 587600
Latitude
55.15144427916109
Longitude
-4.757693037624203
Altitude (metres)
140
County
Ayrshire
Nearby places
Kilbride Knowe, Barr (0.06 miles)
Kirkbride, aka Kilbride, ~eccles. Barr (0.42 miles)
Pindonnan, relief, Barr (2.11 miles)
Kilpatrick, ~eccles., Girvan (2.53 miles)
Kilpatrick, settlement, Girvan (2.67 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
There are remains of a farmstead at this NGR, at the foot of Kilbride Knowe, on the north bank of the Muck Water.
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Kilbride
Head name
Kilbride
Place
Kirkbride aka Kilbride, settlement, Barr
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Kilbride 1775, Armstrong 1775
Historic formKilbride Head nameKilbride PlaceKirkbride aka Kilbride, settlement, Barr Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceArmstrong 1775 Date of citation1775 x 1775 Notes on the context of this place-nameCanmore, in entry on St Gordian's Kirk no. 49894, , refers to MJ Armstrong's Companion to map of Peebles'. Are all the maps in one volume, or what? CHECK THIS. |
Source code
Armstrong 1775
Source title
Armstrong, New Map of Ayrshire, 1775
Notes
Canmore, in entry on St Gordian's Kirk no. 49894, , refers to MJ Armstrong's Companion to map of Peebles'. Are all the maps in one volume, or what? CHECK THIS.
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Kilbride, Kirkbride, aka Kilbride, ~eccles. Barr
Name is part of Kilbride Knowe, Kilbride Knowe, Barr
Kirkbride
Head name
Kirkbride
Place
Kirkbride aka Kilbride, settlement, Barr
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formKirkbryd Head nameKirkbride PlaceKirkbride aka Kilbride, settlement, Barr Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGordon MS, Cunningham Date of citation1636 x 1652 |
Source code
Gordon MS
Source title
Manuscripts of Gordon's maps
Historic formKirkbryd Head nameKirkbride PlaceKirkbride aka Kilbride, settlement, Barr Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Southern Carrick Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Historic formKirbride Head nameKirkbride PlaceKirkbride aka Kilbride, settlement, Barr Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRoy Date of citation1752 x 1755 Notes on the context of this place-nameDate for Scotland north of a line from Glasgow to Edinburgh - survey done 1749-52; presented to the king in 1755. For more details see The Early Maps of Scotland 1, 108-9. Note the existence of protracted and fair copies for parts of Scotland. See also full discussion in Whittington, G., 1986i, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part One), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (1), 18-28; and: Whittington, G., 1986ii, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part Two), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (2), 66-73. |
Source code
Roy
Source title
Military Map of Scotland
Editors
General Roy
Year
1749- 1755
Notes
Date for Scotland north of a line from Glasgow to Edinburgh - survey done 1749-52; presented to the king in 1755. For more details see The Early Maps of Scotland 1, 108-9. Note the existence of protracted and fair copies for parts of Scotland. See also full discussion in Whittington, G., 1986i, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part One), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (1), 18-28; and: Whittington, G., 1986ii, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part Two), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (2), 66-73.
Saints in this place-name
Brig, Brigit, Bride (ns) (certain)
Brigit ingen Dubthaig (of Kildare) (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Kirkbride, Kirkbride, aka Kilbride, ~eccles. Barr
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