Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilwinning, eccles. Kilwinning
Grid reference
NS 303 432 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
230300 643200
Latitude
55.65264652109898
Longitude
-4.697439926263371
County
Ayrshire
Nearby places
Kilwinning, parish (0 miles)
St Winnings Well, Kilwinning (0.33 miles)
Cockenzie, settlement Dalry (1.8 miles)
Stevenston, parish (2.39 miles)
St Monk's Church, Stevenston (2.39 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This is the site of a Tironensian abbbey, founded in the twelfth century. But the name, coined with Gaelic 'cill', suggests that the abbey was built on an earlier ecclesiastical site. NMRS records the present thirteenth-century remains, destroyed shortly after the Reformation, and partially repaired for use as a parish kirk until 1775. Various other rebuilds and restorations have taken place since.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kilwinning, parish
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Kilwinning
Head name
Kilwinning
Place
Kilwinning, eccles. Kilwinning
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?
No
Kilwinyn 1202, Pais. Reg.
Historic formKilwinyn Head nameKilwinning PlaceKilwinning, eccles. Kilwinning Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourcePais. Reg., 110 Date of citation1202 x 1207 Feature named in sourceNigello abbate de Notes on the context of this place-nameAlso New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check]. |
Source code
Pais. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Monasterii de Passelet
Series
Maitland Club
Year
1832
Notes
Also New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check].
Historic formKylwynnyn Head nameKilwinning PlaceKilwinning, eccles. Kilwinning Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i no. 40 Date of citation1315 x 1321 Feature named in sourceabbot and monks 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 formKylwynin Head nameKilwinning PlaceKilwinning, eccles. Kilwinning Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS v, no. 165 Date of citation1320 x 1320 Feature named in sourcemonasterio de |
Associated person or bodyRobert I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS v
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum vol.v
Editors
A.A.M. Duncan
Secondary Title
Acts of Robert I
Year
1988
Kylvynnyne 1357, RMS
Historic formKylvynnyne Head nameKilwinning PlaceKilwinning, eccles. Kilwinning Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i no. 182 Date of citation1357 x 1364 Feature named in sourcemonastery 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
Kylwenyne 1426, Dryb. Lib.
Historic formKylwenyne Head nameKilwinning PlaceKilwinning, eccles. Kilwinning Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceDryb. Lib., p277 Date of citation1426 x 1426 Feature named in sourcemonastery |
Source code
Dryb. Lib.
Source title
Liber S. Marie de Dryburgh
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1847
Saints in this place-name
Findbarr, Bairrfind, Bairre, Uinniau, Finnén etc (ns) (certain)
Finnian m. Cairpre of Moville (probable)
Finnian m. Findloga of Clonard (probable)
Bairre m. Amairgin of Cork (maybe)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Kilwinning, Kilwinning, parish
Monasterium Sanctae Mariae et Sancti Wynnyni
Head name
Monasterium Sanctae Mariae et Sancti Wynnyni
Place
Kilwinning, eccles. Kilwinning
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?
No
monasterio Marie Sancte et Sancti Wynnyni 1364, RMS
Historic formmonasterio Marie Sancte et Sancti Wynnyni Head nameMonasterium Sanctae Mariae et Sancti Wynnyni PlaceKilwinning, eccles. Kilwinning Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i no. 182 Date of citation1364 x 1364 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
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
Findbarr, Bairrfind, Bairre, Uinniau, Finnén etc (ns) (certain)
Finnian m. Cairpre of Moville (probable)
Finnian m. Findloga of Clonard (probable)
Bairre m. Amairgin of Cork (maybe)
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