Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kennoway, parish
Grid reference
NO 350 023 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
335000 702300
Latitude
56.20891638934279
Longitude
-3.0479877585266024
Nearby places
Methil, former parish, Wemyss (1.17 miles)
St Memma's Church, Scoonie (2.09 miles)
Scoonie, parish (2.09 miles)
St Drostan's Church, Markinch (3.29 miles)
Markinch, parish (3.29 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the Causeway Old Parish Church.
Parish details
Kennoway
Parish TLA
KWY
County
Fife
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kennoway
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Kennoway
Place
Kennoway, 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
Kennakin 1164, St A. Lib.
Historic formKennakin This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKennoway PlaceKennoway, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSt A. Lib., 259 Date of citation1164 x 1178 |
Source code
St A. Lib.
Source title
Liber Cartarum Prioratus Sancti Andree in Scotia
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1841
Historic formKennakin This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKennoway PlaceKennoway, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 333 Date of citation1189 x 1195 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Associated person or bodyWilliam I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Kennachyn 1250, St A. Lib.
Historic formKennachyn This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKennoway PlaceKennoway, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSt A. Lib., 34 Date of citation1250 x 1260 Feature named in sourceecclesia |
Source code
St A. Lib.
Source title
Liber Cartarum Prioratus Sancti Andree in Scotia
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1841
Historic formKennochy This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKennoway PlaceKennoway, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 1039 Date of citation1471 x 1471 Feature named in sourcechurch Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
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