Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilruskin, settlement West Kilbride
Grid reference
NS 203 508 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
220300 650800
Latitude
55.71726244720589
Longitude
-4.861157373386977
County
Ayrshire
Nearby places
Ladybog, settlememt West Kilbride (0.78 miles)
Kilbride, settlement, West Kilbride AYR (1.55 miles)
Kilbride, ~eccles. West Kilbride AYR (1.56 miles)
West Kilbride, parish AYR (1.56 miles)
St Annan's Chapel, West Kilbride (1.89 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR given is for Castle Knowe motte, beside North Kilrusken (OS Digimap).
Relationships with other parishes
Within West Kilbride, parish AYR
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilruskin
Head name
Kilruskin
Place
Kilruskin, settlement West Kilbride
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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Mekil Kyll-ruskane 1509, RMS
Historic formMekil Kyll-ruskane Head nameKilruskin PlaceKilruskin, settlement West Kilbride Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 3354 Date of citation1509 x 1509 Feature named in sourcelands Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Litill Kil-ruskane 1509, RMS
Historic formLitill Kil-ruskane Head nameKilruskin PlaceKilruskin, settlement West Kilbride Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 3354 Date of citation1509 x 1509 Feature named in sourcelands Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Kilrusky Mekill et Litill 1536, RMS
Historic formKilrusky Mekill et Litill Head nameKilruskin PlaceKilruskin, settlement West Kilbride Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 1629 Date of citation1536 x 1536 Feature named in sourceterrarum de Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Historic formKilruskan Head nameKilruskin PlaceKilruskin, settlement West Kilbride Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Cunninghame Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654