Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kirkandrews, former parish KXQ, Borgue
Grid reference
NX 600 481 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
260000 548100
Latitude
54.80809099843425
Longitude
-4.178578668199098
County
Kirkcudbrightshire
Nearby places
Kirkandrews, eccles, KXQ Borgue (0 miles)
Kirkandrews, settlement, KXQ, Borgue (0.06 miles)
St Andrew's Well, Kirkandrews KXQ, Borgue (0.14 miles)
Borgue, parish (1.74 miles)
St Nicholas Church, Borgue KCB (1.74 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for St Andrews Church, Kirkandrews, Borgue
Relationships with other parishes
Within Borgue, parish
Relationships with other places
Contains Kirkandrews, eccles, KXQ Borgue
Contains Kirkandrews, settlement, KXQ, Borgue
Parish details
Kirkandrews now part of Borgue BOR
Parish TLA
KXQ
Medieval diocese
Galloway
Parish notes
Now part of Borgue. Also called Kirkandrews Purtoun etc. (‘port toun’).
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Kirkandrews
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Kirkandrews
Place
Kirkandrews, former parish KXQ, Borgue
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Kirkanders 1684, Geog. Coll. II
Historic formKirkanders This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKirkandrews PlaceKirkandrews, former parish KXQ, Borgue Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. II Date of citation1684 x 1684 Feature named in sourceparish |
Source code
Geog. Coll. II
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Editors
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
2 of 3
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