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Glenluce, parish (now Old Luce)
Grid reference
NX 196 574 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
210600 557400
Latitude
54.8753432723453
Longitude
-4.952413218792459
Nearby places
Soulseat, former parish, Inch (0.83 miles)
Killbrocks, Soulseat, Inch (1.03 miles)
Kirminnoch, Soulseat, Inch (1.12 miles)
Inchmichael, eccles, Inch (2.19 miles)
Inch, parish (2.19 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Eighth-century cross-slab fragments suggest that this was a very early church site (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Contains New Luce, modern parish (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Contains Airyolland, Glenluce
Contains Kilfillan, ~eccles. Glenluce
Contains Kilfillan, settlement, Glenluce
Adjacent Kilmacfadzean, settlement, New Luce
Contains Kirkchrist, ~eccles, Glenluce
Contains Lady Burn, Glenluce
Contains Lady Well, Glenluce
Contains St Helena Island, Glenluce
Parish details
Glenluce, later Old Luce, out of which New Luce NLU was created in 1646 (RPS 1646/11/338).
Parish TLA
OLU
County
Wigtownshire
Medieval diocese
Galloway
Parish notes
After the Reformation (in 1647) the parish of Glenluce was split into Old Luce OLU and New Luce NLU. Undoubtedly annexed to the abbey of Glenluce from its foundation in 1191/92, the abbey church may have been that of the parish. No vicarage existed in 1319, but while both parsonage and vicarage continued with the abbey at the Reformation, a vicar pensioner then served the cure, the position, however, normally being held by one of the monks (Reg. of Greenfield v, 59n; Ailsa Muniments no.663; RSS lxv.4). Cowan 1967, 76.
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Glenluce
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Glenluce
Place
Glenluce, parish (now Old Luce)
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Old Luce
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Old Luce
Place
Glenluce, parish (now Old Luce)
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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formOld Luce This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameOld Luce PlaceGlenluce, parish (now Old Luce) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, xiv, 490 Date of citation1795 x 1795 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Old Luce 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formOld Luce This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameOld Luce PlaceGlenluce, parish (now Old Luce) SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.