Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Murray, settlement, Maybole
Grid reference
NS 308 118 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
230800 611800
Latitude
55.3709545894385
Longitude
-4.670338121123984
Altitude (metres)
75
County
Ayrshire
Nearby places
St Helen's Well, Maybole (1.04 miles)
St John's Cottage, Maybole (1.06 miles)
St Cuthbert's Church, Maybole (1.24 miles)
Maybole, parish (1.24 miles)
Ladycross, Maybole (1.28 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Notes
Main name of cluster including St Murray's Lodge, St Murray's Quarry, St Murray's Plantation. NMRS notes that 'The elderly farmer (D Barclay, St Murrays Farm, Maybole) has no information about a tradition or alleged site of a chapel in this area.' Despite this, they have elevated this to a new name: "St Muireach's Chapel"! (Canmore ID 41651) Though this may be correct, the evidence hardly warrants doing this. With regard to the site, there is some evidence of a barrow on the farm: Canmore ID 41671: "There is a "little acervus of earth of a circular form with a big stone erect on the middle thereof" on St Murrays farm (NS 308 118).W Macfarlane 1907, citing Abercrombie 1696 (Geog. Coll. ii, 5).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Maybole, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Murray
Head name
St Murray
Place
St Murray, settlement, Maybole
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
Historic formSt Morra Head nameSt Murray PlaceSt Murray, settlement, Maybole Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Carrick N (Mid Ayrshire) Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
St. Murray 1696, Geog. Coll. II
Historic formSt. Murray Head nameSt Murray PlaceSt Murray, settlement, Maybole Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. II, 5 Date of citation1696 x 1696 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. II
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Editors
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
2 of 3
St Murrays 1856, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Murrays Head nameSt Murray PlaceSt Murray, settlement, Maybole 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.
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