Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Longcastle, former parish, Kirkinner
Grid reference
NX 376 474 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
237600 547400
Latitude
54.795052283346585
Longitude
-4.52640797322961
County
Wigtownshire
Nearby places
Longcastle Kirk, Longcastle, WIG (0 miles)
Mochrum, parish (1.92 miles)
Barwinnock, settlement, Glasserton (2.42 miles)
Sorbie St Michael, former parish, Sorbie (2.57 miles)
St Michael's Church, SMX Sorbie (2.57 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the 'Longcastle Kirk' on OS 6 inch 1st edn. At the site a twelfth-century cross shaft was recorded in 1959 (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Contains Longcastle Kirk, Longcastle, WIG
Parish details
Longcastle now in Kirkinner KKR
Parish TLA
LSX
Medieval diocese
Galloway
Parish notes
Granted to the priory of Whithorn in 1431 by Thomas its prior, this was confirmed by Alexander bp. of Galloway 1434, the parsonage thereafter remaining with the priory, while the perpetual vicarage was normally held by a canon, who served the cure by means of a vicar pensioner (RS, 268, 130v; Vaus of Barnbarroch Papers (GRH), 10th Jan. 1434; Acts and Dec., xviii, 241; Thirds 22; Monreith Chrs. 18th Sept. 1576; Reg. of Pres., i 113. Cowan 1967, 138.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Longcastle
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Longcastle
Place
Longcastle, former parish, Kirkinner
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Longcastell 1648, RMS
Historic formLongcastell This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameLongcastle PlaceLongcastle, former parish, Kirkinner Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ix no. 1989 Date of citation1648 x 1648 Feature named in sourceparish (parochia) 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