Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Troqueer, parish
Grid reference
NX 974 750 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
297400 575000
Latitude
55.05880466899863
Longitude
-3.6064912962708395
Nearby places
St Mary's Church, 19th cent. Dumfries (0.14 miles)
St John's Land, settlement, Dumfries. (0.38 miles)
Dumfries, parish (0.38 miles)
St Michael's Church, Dumfries (0.38 miles)
St Thomas's Chapel, Dumfries (0.63 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other places
Contains Kirkconnel, ~eccles. Troqueer
Contains Kirkconnel, ~eccles. Troqueer
Contains Kirkconnel, settlement, Troqueer
Contains Kirkconnell Burn, Troqueer/Kirkgunzeon
Contains Martingirth, settlement, Troqueer
Contains Peter's Cairn, Troqueer
Contains St Bride's Holm, Troqueer
Contains St Queran's Well, Troqueer
Contains St Queran's Well, Troqueer
Parish details
Troqueer.
Parish TLA
TRO
County
Kirkcudbrightshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Troqueer
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Troqueer
Place
Troqueer, parish
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
Historic formCreuequer This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameTroqueer PlaceTroqueer, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSHS Misc., v, 104 Date of citation1274 x 1274 Feature named in sourcevicar |
Source code
SHS Misc.
Source title
The Miscellany of the Scottish History Society
Year
1893 -
Traqueir 1560, Assumption
Historic formTraqueir This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameTroqueer PlaceTroqueer, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 607 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcekirk |
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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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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