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Kilmore & Kilbride, modern parish
Grid reference
NM 860 296 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
186000 729600
Latitude
56.4101370038698
Longitude
-5.469232511276533
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
St John's Cathedral, Kilmore & Kilbride (0.45 miles)
Carraig Mhicheil, Kilmore & Kilbride (1.25 miles)
Cladh a' Bhearnaig, Kilmore & Kilbride (1.49 miles)
Kilchoinich, ~eccles, Kilmore & Kilbride (2.02 miles)
Killiechoinich, settlement, Kilmore & Kilbride (2.02 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
After the Reformation, Kilmore parish was united with Kilbride. The NGR is for Oban Old Parish Church, Crombie Street - the church for what is now the demographic centre of the parish.
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Kilbride, former parish KKB (Argyll)
Contains Kilbride, former parish KKB (Argyll)
Contains Kilmore & Kilbride, modern parish
Relationships with other places
Contains Carraig Mhicheil, Kilmore & Kilbride
Contains Cladh a' Bhearnaig, Kilmore & Kilbride
Contains Cladh a' Bhearnaig, Kilmore & Kilbride
Contains Kilbride, eccl. Kilmore & Kilbride
Contains Kilbride, eccles, Kilmore & Kilbride
Contains Kilbride, settlement Kilmore & Kilbride
Contains Kilbride, settlement, Kilmore & Kilbride
Contains Kilchoinich, ~eccles, Kilmore & Kilbride
Contains Killiechoinich, settlement, Kilmore & Kilbride
Contains Kilmore, settlement Kilmore & Kilbride
Contains Sron Chormaig, Kilmore & Kilbride
Contains St Bean's Church, Kilmore & Kilbride
Parish details
Kilmore KXO and Kilbride KBX
Parish TLA
KKB
County
Argyllshire
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilmore & Kilbride
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Kilmore & Kilbride
Place
Kilmore & Kilbride, modern parish
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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Kilmore and Kilbride 1794, OSA
Historic formKilmore and Kilbride This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKilmore & Kilbride PlaceKilmore & Kilbride, modern parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, xi, 122 Date of citation1794 x 1794 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Relationships with other place names
Name contains Kilbride, Kilbride, eccl. Kilmore & Kilbride
Name contains Kilmore, St Bean's Church, Kilmore & Kilbride