Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Maryport, settlement, Kirkmaiden
Grid reference
NX 141 344 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
214100 534400
Latitude
54.670205588744665
Longitude
-4.883202831512591
County
Wigtownshire
Nearby places
Kildonan, settlement, Kirkmaiden (1.2 miles)
Lady Well, well, Kirkmaiden (1.22 miles)
Kirkmaiden, eccles. Kirkmaiden (Rhinns) (1.26 miles)
St Catherine's Croft, Kirkmaiden (1.27 miles)
Slewdonan, Kirkmaiden (1.45 miles)
Object Classification
Coastal
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This port gives rise to the settlement-name, and also to Maryport Bay and Maryport Hill above the village. In 1684 Mr Andrew Symson notes of Kirkmaiden and Maryport: 'Kirkmaiden so called because the Kirk is dedicated to Virgin Mary, the Print of whose knee is fabulously reported to be seen on a stone where she prayed somewhere about a place in this parish called Maryport, neer to which place there was a chapel long since, but now wholly ruined ...' [Geog. Coll. ii, 96).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kirkmaiden, parish (Rhinns)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Maryport
Head name
Maryport
Place
Maryport, settlement, Kirkmaiden
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
Historic formMary-port Head nameMaryport PlaceMaryport, settlement, Kirkmaiden Certainty that this name applies to this placeProbable SourceRMS, iii no. 1746 Date of citation1535 x 1538 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 formMarypoirt Head nameMaryport PlaceMaryport, settlement, Kirkmaiden Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Galloway Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Maryport 1684, Geog. Coll. II
Historic formMaryport Head nameMaryport PlaceMaryport, settlement, Kirkmaiden Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. II, 96 Date of citation1684 x 1684 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. II
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Editors
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
2 of 3
Maryport 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formMaryport Head nameMaryport PlaceMaryport, settlement, Kirkmaiden 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.
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