Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Traquair, parish, aka Kirkbride
Grid reference
NT 320 334 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
332000 633400
Latitude
55.58948036444376
Longitude
-3.0790251279017253
Nearby places
Kirkbride, settlement Traquair (0 miles)
Kirkbride, ~eccles. Traquair (0 miles)
St Brydes Well, Traquair (0.06 miles)
St Ronan's Lodge, Innerleithen (2.34 miles)
St Ronan's Wells, Innerleithen (2.41 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for the parish kirk built in 1778, which may or may not be the site of the medieval kirk, though seventeenth century tombstones indicate that there was certainly one earlier church at the site.
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Kailzie, former parish, Traquair (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Contains Kirkbride, ~eccles. Traquair
Contains Kirkbride, ~eccles. Traquair
Contains Kirkbride, settlement Traquair
Contains Our Lady's Church, Kailzie, Traquair
Contains St Brydes Well, Traquair
Parish TLA
TQR
County
Peebleshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Kirkbride
Head name
Kirkbride
Place
Traquair, parish, aka Kirkbride
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 formSt Bryde Head nameKirkbride PlaceTraquair, parish, aka Kirkbride Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, xii, 375 Date of citation1791 x 1799 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Traquair
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Traquair
Place
Traquair, parish, aka Kirkbride
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
Traquhair 1560, Assumption
Historic formTraquhair This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameTraquair PlaceTraquair, parish, aka Kirkbride Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 496 Date of citation1560 x 1590 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Associated person or bodyBishop of Glasgow 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
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