Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Old Cumnock, parish aka Cumnock
Grid reference
NS 567 201 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
256700 620100
Latitude
55.45372665248968
Longitude
-4.266233972912612
Altitude (metres)
114
Nearby places
St Conval's Church, Old Cumnock (0 miles)
Tarringzean, settlement, Cumnock (0.78 miles)
Auchinleck, parish (1.32 miles)
Lady's Well, Old Cumnock (1.82 miles)
Ochiltree, parish (3.89 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR is for The Square, where the parish church seems to have been placed after its creation in ?18th century. The site seems to be that of older parish church, though this is not clear. The church (and town in general) sits at a big bend in the Lugar Water which is the parish boundary with Auchinleck (actually in confluence zone where Glaisnock Water joins the Lugar).
Relationships with other parishes
Contains New Cumnock, modern parish (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Contains Connel Burn, New Cumnock
Contains Connel Park, settlement, New Cumnock
Contains Lady's Well, Old Cumnock
Contains Mahago Rig, relief, New Cumnock
Contains St Bride's Bank, New Cumnock
Contains St Conval's Church, Old Cumnock
Contains St Conval's Church, Old Cumnock
Contains Tarringzean, settlement, Cumnock
Parish TLA
OCU
County
Ayrshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Cumnock
Head name
Cumnock
Place
Old Cumnock, parish aka Cumnock
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Cumnok 1560, Assumption
Historic formCumnok Head nameCumnock PlaceOld Cumnock, parish aka Cumnock Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 559 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourceparsonage and vicarage |
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
Old Cumnock
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Old Cumnock
Place
Old Cumnock, parish aka Cumnock
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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