Kirkmaiden, parish (Rhinns)

Grid reference

NX 124 369 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

212400 536900

Latitude

54.69201595621559

Longitude

-4.911137780545571

Nearby places

Kildonan, eccles., Kirkmaiden (0.44 miles)

Kildonan, settlement, Kirkmaiden (0.67 miles)

Lady Well, well, Kirkmaiden (0.71 miles)

Kilstay, settlement, Kirkmaiden (Rhinns) (0.82 miles)

Slewdonan, Kirkmaiden (0.83 miles)

Object Classification

Parish (extant in 1975)

Is linear feature?

No

Relationships with other places

Contains Bride's Well, well, Kirkmaiden

Contains Kildonan, eccles., Kirkmaiden

Contains Kildonan, settlement, Kirkmaiden

Contains Killumpha, ~eccles., Kirkmaiden

Contains Killumpha, settlement, Kirkmaiden

Contains Kilstay, settlement, Kirkmaiden (Rhinns)

Contains Kirkbride, eccles, Kirkmaiden

Contains Kirkbride, eccles, Kirkmaiden

Contains Kirkbride, settlement, Kirkmaiden (Rhinns)

Contains Kirkbride, settlement, Kirkmaiden (Rhinns)

Contains Kirkmaiden, eccles. Kirkmaiden (Rhinns)

Contains Lady Well, well, Kirkmaiden

Contains Ladycroft, settlement, Kirkmaiden (Rinns)

Contains Maryport, settlement, Kirkmaiden

Contains Slewdonan, Kirkmaiden

Contains St Catherine's Croft, Kirkmaiden

Contains St Medan's Cave, Kirkmaiden

Parish details

Kirkmaiden

Parish TLA

KMN

County

Wigtownshire

Medieval diocese

Galloway

Parish notes

Annexed to Soulseat Abbey by Walter, an apostolic delegate in 1386, the church was confirmed to the abbey by Pope Clement VII in 1393. GRH Vat. Trans. I, no. 73; CPL ix, 419-20; RMS viii no. 1657. See Cowan 1967, 122 for more details and references.