Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Wamphray, parish
Grid reference
NY 130 964 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
313000 596400
Latitude
55.25404880597329
Longitude
-3.3688832756597553
Nearby places
Cuddy's Stone, Kirkpatrick Juxta (2.28 miles)
Catharine's Hill, Wamphray (2.37 miles)
Dalmakethar, settlement, Applegarth (2.91 miles)
Marygill Burn, Hutton & Corrie (3.24 miles)
Martinwhat Rig, Johnstone (3.26 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Wamphray Old Parish Kirk which has a fine piece of early medieval sculpture, a piece of an Anglo-Scandinavian cross-shaft, built into the wall as a linter for a doorway.
Relationships with other places
Contains Catharine's Hill, Wamphray
Parish TLA
WAM
County
Dumfriesshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Wamphray
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Wamphray
Place
Wamphray, 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