Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilmaurs, parish
Grid reference
NS 409 412 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
240900 641200
Latitude
55.638277373481834
Longitude
-4.527981899872024
Nearby places
Kilmaurs, settlement, Kilmaurs (0.2 miles)
Kilmaurs, eccles. Kilmaurs (0.44 miles)
Lady's Well, Kilmaurs (0.48 miles)
Kilmaurs Mains, Dreghorn (1.25 miles)
Kilmarnock, settlement, Kilmarnock AYR (2.06 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for parish church, also known as St Maur's-Glencairn Church (OS Digimap).
Relationships with other places
Contains Kilmaurs, eccles. Kilmaurs
Contains Kilmaurs, settlement, Kilmaurs
Contains Lady's Well, Kilmaurs
Contains Lady's Well, Kilmaurs
Parish TLA
KRS
County
Ayrshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilmaurs
Head name
Kilmaurs
Place
Kilmaurs, 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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formKilmawris Head nameKilmaurs PlaceKilmaurs, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 3547 Date of citation1511 x 1511 Feature named in sourcekirklands 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
Historic formKilmaurs Head nameKilmaurs PlaceKilmaurs, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, ix, 351 Date of citation1793 x 1793 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Saints in this place-name
Maura (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Kilmaurs, Kilmaurs, eccles. Kilmaurs
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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