Saints in Scottish Place-Names

Kilmacolm, parish

Grid reference

NS 358 699 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

235800 669900

Latitude

55.894213668196066

Longitude

-4.626196228099656

Nearby places

East Kilbride, settlement Kilmacolm (1.26 miles)

Kilbride, ~eccles. Kilmacolm (1.31 miles)

Kilmaluag, ~eccles., Kilmacolm (1.31 miles)

Kilmaluag, settlement, Kilmacolm (1.31 miles)

Killellan, former parish, in Houston RNF (1.61 miles)

Object Classification

Parish (extant in 1975)

Notes

NGR for parish kirk, whose vestry includes remains of the thirteenth-century building.

Relationships with other parishes

Contains Port Glasgow, modern parish (formerly)

Relationships with other places

Contains Craig Minnan, Kilmacolm

Contains East Kilbride, settlement Kilmacolm

Contains High Mathernock, Kilmacolm

Contains Kilbride, ~eccles. Kilmacolm

Contains Kilmacolm, ~eccles. Kilmacolm

Contains Kilmacolm, settlement, Kilmacolm

Contains Kilmaluag, ~eccles., Kilmacolm

Contains Kilmaluag, settlement, Kilmacolm

Contains Ladymuir, settlement Kilmacolm

Contains Little Craig Minnan, Kilmacolm

Contains Low Mathernock, Kilmacolm

Contains Mathernock, settlement Kilmacolm

Contains West Kilbride, settlement Kilmacolm

Parish TLA

KMM

County

Renfrewshire

Medieval diocese

Glasgow

Names

1 head-name linked to this place

Kilmacolm

Head name

Kilmacolm

Place

Kilmacolm, parish

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

The status of this name is

Current

Is this a current OS form? ?

Is this the original referent of the place?

Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?

Kilmacolm 1202, Pais. Reg.

Historic form

Kilmacolm

Head name

Kilmacolm

Place

Kilmacolm, parish

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Possible

Source

Pais. Reg., 113

Date of citation

1202 x 1207

Feature named in source

ecclesiam de

Notes on the context of this place-name

Also New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check].

Source code

Pais. Reg.

Source title

Registrum Monasterii de Passelet

Series

Maitland Club

Year

1832

Notes

Also New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check].

Kylmacolm 1265, Pais. Reg.

Historic form

Kylmacolm

Head name

Kilmacolm

Place

Kilmacolm, parish

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Possible

Source

Pais. Reg., 308

Date of citation

1265 x 1469

Feature named in source

ecclesia de

Notes on the context of this place-name

Also New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check].

Source code

Pais. Reg.

Source title

Registrum Monasterii de Passelet

Series

Maitland Club

Year

1832

Notes

Also New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check].

Kilmalcolm 1792, OSA

Historic form

Kilmalcolm

Head name

Kilmacolm

Place

Kilmacolm, parish

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

OSA, vol. 4 p274

Date of citation

1792 x 1792

Feature named in source

parish

Source code

OSA

Source title

Old Statistical Account

Kilmalcolm 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.

Historic form

Kilmalcolm

Head name

Kilmacolm

Place

Kilmacolm, parish

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

OS 6 inch first edn.

Date of citation

1843 x 1882

Notes on the context of this place-name

Mid to late 19th c.

Source code

OS 6 inch first edn.

Source title

Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition

Notes

Mid to late 19th c.

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Saints in Scottish Place-Names

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Kilmacolm, parish

Grid reference

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Medieval diocese

Names

Kilmacolm

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