Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilsyth, aka Monyabroch, parish
Grid reference
NS 716 777 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
271600 677700
Latitude
55.97513502714497
Longitude
-4.057797955846044
Nearby places
St Tartan's Well, Kilsyth (0.42 miles)
St Mirren's Well, Kilsyth (1.2 miles)
St Flanan, settlement, Kirkintilloch (2.55 miles)
Cumbernauld, modern parish (3.16 miles)
Antermony, former parish, Campsie (3.63 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Kilsyth parish kirk.
Relationships with other places
Contains St Mirren's Well, Kilsyth
Contains St Tartan's Well, Kilsyth
Parish details
Kilsyth formerly Monyabroch
Parish TLA
KSY
County
Stirlingshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Parish notes
Patronage lay with the earls of Lennox in the early thirteenth century, and with Lord Livingstone of Callendar at the Reformation (Cowan 1967, 150).
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Kilsyth
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Kilsyth
Place
Kilsyth, aka Monyabroch, 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
Monyabroch
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Monyabroch
Place
Kilsyth, aka Monyabroch, parish
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Place-name data
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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
