Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilmuir, former parish, Brechin
Grid reference
NO 590 600 (general (5km))
Six-figure easting & northing
359000 760000
Latitude
56.72999256209017
Longitude
-2.6701465633098844
County
Angus
Nearby places
Kilmuir, eccles., Kilmuir, Brechin (0 miles)
St Michael's Mount, Brechin (0.19 miles)
Michael Den, Brechin (0.2 miles)
Brechin, parish (0.31 miles)
Burghill, former parish, Brechin (0.84 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR is 'general' one, giving a 5 km radius around Brechin, as the church site of this parish, now part of Brehin parish, is unidentified.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Brechin, parish
Relationships with other places
Contains Kilmuir, eccles., Kilmuir, Brechin
Parish details
Kilmuir now part of Brechin BRE
Parish TLA
KXR
Medieval diocese
Brechin
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilmuir
Head name
Kilmuir
Place
Kilmuir, former parish, Brechin
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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
Kilmoir 1560, Assumption
Historic formKilmoir Head nameKilmuir PlaceKilmuir, former parish, Brechin Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 378 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcerectory and parsonage |
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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