Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kirkmaiden, former parish, XKM Glasserton
Grid reference
NX 365 399 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
236500 539900
Latitude
54.72735452755646
Longitude
-4.539280176216891
County
Wigtownshire
Nearby places
Kirkmaiden, eccles., XKM Glasserton (0 miles)
St Medana's Well, Kirkmaiden, Glasserton (0.09 miles)
Kirkmaiden, settlement, XKM, Glasserton (0.64 miles)
Lady Well, well, Mochrum (2 miles)
Barwinnock, settlement, Glasserton (2.61 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Glasserton, parish
Relationships with other places
Contains Chipperdingan, well, Kirkmaiden
Contains Killingeane, eccles., Kirkmaiden
Contains Kirkmaiden, eccles., XKM Glasserton
Contains Kirkmaiden, settlement, XKM, Glasserton
Contains St Agnes's Church, eccles., Kirkmaiden
Contains St Medana's Well, Kirkmaiden, Glasserton
Contains St Ninian's Cave, Glasserton
Parish details
Kirkmaiden now part of Glasserton GLN.
Parish TLA
XKM
Medieval diocese
Galloway
Parish notes
The parish of Kirkmaiden XKM, now part of Glasserton GLN, and the barony of Monreith were co-extensive (see Brooke 1983, 63). Not to be confused with Kirkmaiden KMN, also WIG, but in the Rhinns of Galloway (Galloway diocese, Rhinns deanery).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kirkmaiden
Head name
Kirkmaiden
Place
Kirkmaiden, former parish, XKM Glasserton
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
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
Kirkmadin 1509, Wigtown Chrs
Historic formKirkmadin Head nameKirkmaiden PlaceKirkmaiden, former parish, XKM Glasserton Certainty that this name applies to this placeProbable SourceWigtown Chrs, no. 205, p. 190 Date of citation1509 x 1509 Before nameQuitherne After nameGlasserton |
Source code
Wigtown Chrs
Source title
Wigtownshire Charters
Editors
R. C. Reid
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
LI, Third Series
Year
1960
Historic formKirkmedin Head nameKirkmaiden PlaceKirkmaiden, former parish, XKM Glasserton Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 2944 Date of citation1543 x 1543 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
Kirkmaidin 1560, Assumption
Historic formKirkmaidin Head nameKirkmaiden PlaceKirkmaiden, former parish, XKM Glasserton Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 593 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourceparish |
Associated person or bodyWhithorn Priory 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
Kirkmaiden 1684, Geog. Coll. II
Historic formKirkmaiden Head nameKirkmaiden PlaceKirkmaiden, former parish, XKM Glasserton Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. II, 85 Date of citation1684 x 1684 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. II
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Editors
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
2 of 3
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Kirkmaiden, Kirkmaiden, eccles., XKM Glasserton
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