Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kirkmabreck, parish KKK (KCB)
Grid reference
NX 492 565 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
249200 556500
Latitude
54.88039063352638
Longitude
-4.350872265129735
Nearby places
Kirkmabreck, eccles., Kirkmabreck (0 miles)
Kirkmabreck, settlement, Kirkmabreck (0.59 miles)
Kirkbride, eccles, Kirkmabreck (0.63 miles)
Kirkbride, settlement, Kirkmabreck (0.92 miles)
Kirkdale, former parish, Kirkmabreck (1.99 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Kirkmabreck, eccles.
Relationships with other places
Contains Kirkbride, eccles, Kirkmabreck
Contains Kirkbride, settlement, Kirkmabreck
Contains Kirkmabreck, eccles., Kirkmabreck
Contains Kirkmabreck, settlement, Kirkmabreck
Parish details
Kirkmabreck now includes most of Kirkdale KXJ
Parish TLA
KKK
County
Kirkcudbrightshire
Medieval diocese
Galloway
Parish notes
The church of Aed mac Bric (died 589 or 595 AU)? was annexed to Dundrennan Abbey by Pope Clement VI in 1351, the union previously having been effected by the bishop of Galloway (Collectorie 14 fo. 162v). Both parsonage and vicarage revenues appear to have been annexed, and continued to be so at the reformation (APS iv 495). Cowan 1967, 121. The bulk of Kirkdale KXJ q.v. was annexed to the parish in 1636.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kirkmabreck
Head name
Kirkmabreck
Place
Kirkmabreck, parish KKK (KCB)
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
Kyrkmabrek 1534, RMS
Historic formKyrkmabrek Head nameKirkmabreck PlaceKirkmabreck, parish KKK (KCB) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 1387 Date of citation1534 x 1534 Feature named in sourceparochia 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
Kyrkmakbrek 1534, RMS
Historic formKyrkmakbrek Head nameKirkmabreck PlaceKirkmabreck, parish KKK (KCB) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 1387 Date of citation1534 x 1534 Feature named in sourceparochia 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
Kirkmakbrek 1537, RMS
Historic formKirkmakbrek Head nameKirkmabreck PlaceKirkmabreck, parish KKK (KCB) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 1737 Date of citation1537 x 1537 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
Kirkmabrek 1560, Assumption
Historic formKirkmabrek Head nameKirkmabreck PlaceKirkmabreck, parish KKK (KCB) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 606 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcekirk of |
Associated person or bodyDundrennan Abbey Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
Assumption
Source title
The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation
Editors
J. Kirk
Series
Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21
Year
1995
Kirkmakbrek 1563
Historic formKirkmakbrek Head nameKirkmabreck PlaceKirkmabreck, parish KKK (KCB) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1563 x 1563 |
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Kirkmabreck, Kirkmabreck, eccles., Kirkmabreck
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