Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Saint Valley, settlement Dalrymple
Grid reference
NS 361 145 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
236100 614500
Latitude
55.39699119251417
Longitude
-4.588373246936656
Altitude (metres)
56
County
Ayrshire
Nearby places
Dalrymple, parish DRL (0.26 miles)
Kilmore, settlement Kirkmichael AYR (1.31 miles)
Maryland, settlement Maybole (2.41 miles)
Dalvennan, settlement, Straiton (2.86 miles)
Alloway, former parish, Ayr (2.86 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This settlement now subsumed in the growing town of Dalrymple. A "Valleybank" appears on Roy, so presumably name emerged from this.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dalrymple, parish DRL
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Saint Valley
Head name
Saint Valley
Place
Saint Valley, settlement Dalrymple
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Saint Valley 1856, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSaint Valley Head nameSaint Valley PlaceSaint Valley, settlement Dalrymple Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1856 x 1856 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Vallybank
Head name
Vallybank
Place
Saint Valley, settlement Dalrymple
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Probable
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formVallybank Head nameVallybank PlaceSaint Valley, settlement Dalrymple Certainty that this name applies to this placeProbable SourceRoy Date of citation1752 x 1755 Notes on the context of this place-nameDate for Scotland north of a line from Glasgow to Edinburgh - survey done 1749-52; presented to the king in 1755. For more details see The Early Maps of Scotland 1, 108-9. Note the existence of protracted and fair copies for parts of Scotland. See also full discussion in Whittington, G., 1986i, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part One), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (1), 18-28; and: Whittington, G., 1986ii, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part Two), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (2), 66-73. |
Source code
Roy
Source title
Military Map of Scotland
Editors
General Roy
Year
1749- 1755
Notes
Date for Scotland north of a line from Glasgow to Edinburgh - survey done 1749-52; presented to the king in 1755. For more details see The Early Maps of Scotland 1, 108-9. Note the existence of protracted and fair copies for parts of Scotland. See also full discussion in Whittington, G., 1986i, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part One), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (1), 18-28; and: Whittington, G., 1986ii, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part Two), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (2), 66-73.
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