Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilbride, settlement North Bute
Grid reference
NS 033 678 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
203300 667800
Latitude
55.86319872204713
Longitude
-5.143665942070792
Altitude (metres)
55
County
Bute
Nearby places
Kilbride, ~eccles North Bute (0.14 miles)
Kilmachalmaig, ~eccles. North Bute (0.83 miles)
Kilmachalmaig, alias St Colmac, North Bute (0.83 miles)
Cnoc-na-mhanan, North Bute (0.84 miles)
Kildavannan, settlement North Bute (0.89 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
For further early forms and discussion, see Márkus 2012, 387-8.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kingarth, parish (Bute) (formerly)
Within North Bute, modern parish
Within Rothesay, parish (Bute) (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Kilbride Hill, North Bute
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilbride
Head name
Kilbride
Place
Kilbride, settlement North Bute
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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formKilbryde Head nameKilbride PlaceKilbride, settlement North Bute Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRSS, vi no. 2164 Date of citation1573 x 1573 |
Source code
RSS
Source title
Registrum Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum
Editors
M.Livingstone et al.
Year
1908-
Historic formKilbrid Head nameKilbride PlaceKilbride, settlement North Bute Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Bute Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Kilbride, Kilbride, ~eccles North Bute