Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Airyolland, Mochrum
Grid reference
NX 309 476 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
230900 547600
Latitude
54.79463442306894
Longitude
-4.630634777561087
County
Wigtownshire
Nearby places
St John's Well, well, Mochrum (1.25 miles)
Chapel Finian, eccles. Mochrum (2.08 miles)
Mochrum, parish (2.49 miles)
Longcastle Kirk, Longcastle, WIG (4.15 miles)
Longcastle, former parish, Kirkinner (4.15 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Mochrum, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Airyolland
Head name
Airyolland
Place
Airyolland, Mochrum
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 formAryoullan Head nameAiryolland PlaceAiryolland, Mochrum Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Western Galloway Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Saints in this place-name
Fáelán, Fillan (ns) (probable)
Fillan of Strathfillan (maybe)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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