Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Bo'ness, former parish, aka Kinneil, BCN
Grid reference
NS 980 805 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
298000 680500
Latitude
56.00661985358025
Longitude
-3.6359802658904705
Nearby places
Bo'ness & Carriden, modern parish (1.55 miles)
St Ninian's Mill, Linlithgow (1.61 miles)
Mount Michael, Linlithgow (2.1 miles)
St John's Acre, Linlithgow (2.26 miles)
Linlithgow, parish (2.46 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for the ruined Norman building which was the parish kirk of Kinneil until c.1670 when the parish centre moved to Bo'ness. It was accidentally burned down in 1745 (NMRS, Canmore ID: 48184). There was a brief attempt to create Bo'ness as a distinct parish from Kinneil in the seventeenth century, but it failed, and an act of parliament in 1669 reversed a decision by an earlier parliament to create two parishes out of one (RPS 1669/10/133)
Parish details
Bo'ness, part of Kinneil parish until 1634 (OSA xviii, 423), now part of Bo'ness & Carriden CNX BCN
Parish TLA
BNX
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Bo'ness
Head name
Bo'ness
Place
Bo'ness, former parish, aka Kinneil, BCN
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
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
Borrowstownness 1796, OSA
Historic formBorrowstownness Head nameBo'ness PlaceBo'ness, former parish, aka Kinneil, BCN Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, xviii, 423 Date of citation1796 x 1796 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Kinneil
Head name
Kinneil
Place
Bo'ness, former parish, aka Kinneil, BCN
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Kinel 1161, Holy. Lib.
Historic formKinel Head nameKinneil PlaceBo'ness, former parish, aka Kinneil, BCN Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceHoly. Lib., no. 14 Date of citation1161 x 1162 Feature named in sourceecclesia Notes on the context of this place-nameCartulary of Holyrood Abbey by Edinburgh. |
Associated person or bodyHerbert, camerarius Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
Holy. Lib.
Source title
Liber Cartarum Sancte Crucis
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1840
Notes
Cartulary of Holyrood Abbey by Edinburgh.
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