Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Alloway, former parish, Ayr
Grid reference
NS 331 180 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
233100 618000
Latitude
55.4273997264048
Longitude
-4.637788726895143
County
Ayrshire
Nearby places
Alloway Kirk, eccl., AYR (0 miles)
Mungo's Well, Alloway, Ayr (0 miles)
Maryland, settlement Maybole (0.82 miles)
St Leonard's Hospital & chapel, Doonslee, Ayr (1.02 miles)
Friars Well, Ayr (2.46 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Relationships with other parishes
Within Ayr, parish
Relationships with other places
Contains Alloway Kirk, eccl., AYR
Contains Mungo's Well, Alloway, Ayr
Parish TLA
AXY
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Alloway
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Alloway
Place
Alloway, former parish, Ayr
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Alloway 1561
Historic formAlloway This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameAlloway PlaceAlloway, former parish, Ayr Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1561 x 1572 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Alloway 1561
Historic formAlloway This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameAlloway PlaceAlloway, former parish, Ayr Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1561 x 1572 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Author
Taylor, Simon
Source title
Iona Abbots in Scottish Place-Names
Editors
Dauvit Broun and Thomas Owen Clancy
Pages
35-70
Volume
Spes Scotorum, Hope of Scots:
Year
1999
Alloway 1561
Historic formAlloway This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameAlloway PlaceAlloway, former parish, Ayr Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1561 x 1572 Feature named in sourcekirk |
