Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilbirnie, parish AYR
Grid reference
NS 314 536 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
231400 653600
Latitude
55.74638322368321
Longitude
-4.686376345679503
Nearby places
Kilbirnie, ~eccles. Kilbirnie (0.56 miles)
Kilbirnie, settlement Kilbirnie (0.62 miles)
Kilbirnie Loch, Kilbirnie (0.94 miles)
Carwinning Hill, Dalry AYR (1.8 miles)
Beith, parish (2.11 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Relationships with other places
Contains Kilbirnie Loch, Kilbirnie
Contains Kilbirnie, ~eccles. Kilbirnie
Contains Kilbirnie, ~eccles. Kilbirnie
Contains Kilbirnie, settlement Kilbirnie
Contains Lady Burn, Kilbirnie
Contains Ladyland Moor, Kilbirnie
Contains Ladyland, Kilbirnie
Parish TLA
KBE
County
Ayrshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilbirnie
Head name
Kilbirnie
Place
Kilbirnie, parish AYR
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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formKilbirny Head nameKilbirnie PlaceKilbirnie, parish AYR Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, vol. 7 p149 Date of citation1793 x 1793 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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