Balmaghie, parish, BMG, aka Kirkandrews

Grid reference

NX 722 663 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

272200 566300

Latitude

54.9748204956438

Longitude

-3.9969379780288192

Nearby places

St Andrews Church, Kirkandrews, Balmaghie (0 miles)

Crossmichael, settlement, Crossmichael (0.57 miles)

Crossmichael, parish (0.57 miles)

Culvennan, settlement, Crossmichael (1.62 miles)

Ernfillan, ~settlement, Crossmichael (1.91 miles)

Object Classification

Parish (extant in 1975)

Notes

NGR for parish kirk, probably on site of medieval kirk.

Relationships with other places

Contains St Andrews Church, Kirkandrews, Balmaghie

Parish details

Balmaghie

Parish TLA

BMG

County

Kirkcudbrightshire

Medieval diocese

Galloway

Parish notes

Note that while the Atlas of Scottish History to 1707, 357, places this parish in Glenken deanery, Cowan 1967 has Glenken/Desnes. Between 11723 and 1174 King William grants to Holyrood Abbey the churches or chapels in Galloway (in Galweia) in which Iona Abbey has proprietary right (que ad ius abbatie de Hij Columchille pertinent), with all teinds and other benefits (beneficiis), viz the church of Kirchecormach [medieval parish, now in Kelton], and ‘ecclesiam Sancti Andree [= Balmaghie] and that of Balencros [Barncrosh, in Tongland] and that of Cheletun [Kelton]. RRS ii no. 141.