Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Church, Kirkhill
Grid reference
NH 549 457 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
254900 845700
Latitude
57.4785144199396
Longitude
-4.420240829985936
Altitude (metres)
55
Nearby places
Cnoc Mhuire, Wardlaw, Kirkhill (0.09 miles)
Mary Well, Kirkhill (0.71 miles)
Beauly Priory, St Durstan's, Kilmorack (1.43 miles)
St Mary's Church, Beauly, Kilmorack (1.47 miles)
Kirkhill, Wardlaw (=Dunballoch) parish (1.63 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
These are the remains of the former parish kirk of Wardlaw, incorporated into Kirkhill in 1618. It was the successor of an earlier site, supposedly removed in 1220, St Maurice's Chapel.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kirkhill, Wardlaw (=Dunballoch) parish
Parish kirk at Wardlaw
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Cnoc Mhuire, Wardlaw, Kirkhill
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary's Church
Head name
St Mary's Church
Place
St Mary's Church, Kirkhill
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Mary's Church 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Mary's Church Head nameSt Mary's Church PlaceSt Mary's Church, Kirkhill Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Same specific as Cnoc Mhuire, Cnoc Mhuire, Wardlaw, Kirkhill
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:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
