Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Symington, parish, AYR
Grid reference
NS 384 314 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
238300 631400
Latitude
55.54944192480454
Longitude
-4.563502453120477
Nearby places
Barnweill, former parish, Craigie/Tarbolton (1.64 miles)
St Giles's Church, Dundonald (2.03 miles)
Dundonald, parish AYR (2.03 miles)
Inchgotrick, Riccarton (2.38 miles)
St Cuthbert's Church, Monkton & Prestwick (2.77 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Parish TLA
SYM
County
Ayrshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Parish notes
'Both parsonage and vicarage pertained to Fail from an early date' (Cowan 1967, 194).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Symington
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Symington
Place
Symington, parish, AYR
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
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
Symontoun 1580, Assumption
Historic formSymontoun This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameSymington PlaceSymington, parish, AYR Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 569 Date of citation1580 x 1580 Feature named in sourcevicarage of |
Associated person or bodyFail (Trinitarian) Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
Assumption
Source title
The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation
Editors
J. Kirk
Series
Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21
Year
1995
Place-name data
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