Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Ochiltree, parish
Grid reference
NS 505 211 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
250500 621100
Latitude
55.460851659715686
Longitude
-4.364730482745521
Altitude (metres)
120
Nearby places
Lady's Well, Old Cumnock (2.07 miles)
Auchinleck, parish (2.86 miles)
Tarringzean, settlement, Cumnock (3.12 miles)
Catrine, settlement, Sorn (3.3 miles)
St Cuthbert's Holm, Catrine, Sorn (3.43 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR is for the modern parish church, built in 1789, possibly on the site of the medieval church but there is no clear evidence of this.
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Stair, modern parish (formerly)
Parish TLA
OCH
County
Ayrshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ochiltree
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Ochiltree
Place
Ochiltree, 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
Place-name data
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Satellite map with labels:
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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
