Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilbride, eccles. Kilmuir (Skye)
Grid reference
NG 373 660 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
137300 866000
Latitude
57.60754795365132
Longitude
-6.398590152325661
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
Kilbride Point, Kilmuir (Skye) (0 miles)
Port Kilbride, Kilmuir (Skye) (0 miles)
Kilbride, settlement Kilmuir (Skye) (0.12 miles)
Eilean Chaluim Chille, Kilmuir (Skye) (1.75 miles)
Kilcholmkill, chapel Kilmuir (Skye) (1.75 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Kilbride Point, Kilmuir (Skye)
Adjacent Kilbride, settlement Kilmuir (Skye)
Adjacent Port Kilbride, Kilmuir (Skye)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilbride
Head name
Kilbride
Place
Kilbride, eccles. Kilmuir (Skye)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
Yes
Saints in this place-name
Brig, Brigit, Bride (ns) (certain)
Brigit ingen Dubthaig (of Kildare) (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Name is part of Port Kilbride, Port Kilbride, Kilmuir (Skye)
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
