Saints in Scottish Place-Names
Funded by a Leverhulme Trust Project Grant
Kirriemuir, parish
Grid reference
NO 386 539 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
338600 753900
Latitude
56.672955944647654
Longitude
-3.0020797064867004
Nearby places
St Mary's Church, (m'eval) Kirriemuir (0 miles)
Mary Well, Kirriemuir (0 miles)
St Mary's Episcopal Church, Kirriemuir (0.31 miles)
St Colmoc's Chapel, Kirriemuir (0.38 miles)
Balbrydie, settlement, Kirriemuir (1.06 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for the parish kirk, in a loop formed by the Gairie Burn.
Relationships with other places
Contains Balbrydie, settlement, Kirriemuir
Contains Inchbruthie, Kirriemuir
Contains Lady Well, Kirriemuir
Contains Lady Well, Kirriemuir
Contains Ladywell, settlement Kirriemuir
Contains Mary Well, Kirriemuir
Contains Mary Well, Kirriemuir
Contains St Colmoc's Chapel, Kirriemuir
Contains St Colmoc's Chapel, Kirriemuir
Contains St Mary's Church, (m'eval) Kirriemuir
Contains St Mary's Church, (m'eval) Kirriemuir
Contains St Mary's Episcopal Church, Kirriemuir
Contains St Ninian's Chapel, Kirriemuir
Parish TLA
KRR
County
Angus
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Parish notes
Granted to Arbroath by Gilchrist earl of Angus 1201x7 the church was confirmed to the uses of the abbey by William bp. of St As 1202x4, while by an agreement of 1204x11 vicars perpetual were to be presented (Arb. Lib. i nos. 1, 44, 164, 167). The parsonage thereafter remained with the abbey, while the cure was as stipulated, a vic. perpetual (Ass. 330v, 358v). Cowan 1967, 125. KRR had a detached part in Glenprosen. In 1891 it was transferred to Cortachy & Clova COC. It consisted of Balnaboth, Buckhood, Craig, Cramie & Glenlogie, Curmure, Dalairn, Easter & Wester Dalinch, Glentarrie, Inchmill, Kilbo, Kirkhaugh, Mayar (moor), Pitcarity (houses), Runtalive, Spot, Glenprosen church etc., Ballochburn (moor), Glenning, Lednathie, Wester Lednathie, Millhall, Shawfield (land). Shennan 1892, 193. Kirriemuir - Forbes, 1872, 306-7 [NOT in Reeves] - so not in Ó Muraíle 1997. Redford 1988, 159 has ‘capella Sancti Colmoci’ 1700 Retours (Forfarshire) no.557 + St Colmes Close next to Police Station. Taylor 2000 (Innes Review).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kirriemuir
Head name
Kirriemuir
Place
Kirriemuir, 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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formKerimor Head nameKirriemuir PlaceKirriemuir, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 453 Date of citation1201 x 1205 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Associated person or bodyWilliam I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain Associated person or bodyEarl of Angus Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Kerymur 1250, Dunf. Reg.
Historic formKerymur Head nameKirriemuir PlaceKirriemuir, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDunf. Reg., no. 313 (p. 210) Date of citation1250 x 1260 approx Feature named in sourceecclesia de |
Source code
Dunf. Reg.
Source title
Registrum de Dunfermelyn
Editors
C. Innes [though not named]
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1842
Historic formKerimur Head nameKirriemuir PlaceKirriemuir, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS v, no. 29 Date of citation1313 x 1313 Feature named in sourceecclesiam de |
Source code
RRS v
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum vol.v
Editors
A.A.M. Duncan
Secondary Title
Acts of Robert I
Year
1988
Kyrmuir 1560, Assumption
Historic formKyrmuir Head nameKirriemuir PlaceKirriemuir, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 396 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcevicarage |
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
Kermur 1561, Assumption
Historic formKermur Head nameKirriemuir PlaceKirriemuir, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 359 Date of citation1561 x 1561 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Associated person or bodyArbroath 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
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
Map Layers
The map interface was produced using the Leaflet.js library. Attribution for the base layers is as follows:
Default map:
Tiles © Esri — Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, TomTom, Intermap, iPC, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), and the GIS User Community
Satellite map:
Tiles © Esri — Source: Esri, i-cubed, USDA, USGS, AEX, GeoEye, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, UPR-EGP, and the GIS User Community
Satellite map with labels:
Base map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA, Imagery © Mapbox
Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
