Saints in Scottish Place-Names
Funded by a Leverhulme Trust Project Grant
Kilbride Knowe, Barr
Grid reference
NX 243 877 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
224300 587700
Latitude
55.152341937490526
Longitude
-4.757755003181994
Altitude (metres)
150
County
Ayrshire
Nearby places
Kirkbride aka Kilbride, settlement, Barr (0.06 miles)
Kirkbride, aka Kilbride, ~eccles. Barr (0.47 miles)
Pindonnan, relief, Barr (2.11 miles)
Kilpatrick, ~eccles., Girvan (2.49 miles)
Kilpatrick, settlement, Girvan (2.63 miles)
Object Classification
Relief
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Barr, modern parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilbride Knowe
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Kilbride Knowe
Place
Kilbride Knowe, Barr
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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Kilbride Knowe 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formKilbride Knowe This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKilbride Knowe PlaceKilbride Knowe, Barr Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Relationships with other place names
Name contains Kilbride, Kirkbride aka Kilbride, settlement, Barr
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
Map Layers
The map interface was produced using the Leaflet.js library. Attribution for the base layers is as follows:
Default map:
Tiles © Esri — Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, TomTom, Intermap, iPC, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), and the GIS User Community
Satellite map:
Tiles © Esri — Source: Esri, i-cubed, USDA, USGS, AEX, GeoEye, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, UPR-EGP, and the GIS User Community
Satellite map with labels:
Base map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA, Imagery © Mapbox
Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
