Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilmuir, eccles. North Uist
Grid reference
NF 707 705 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
70700 870500
Latitude
57.604172399283655
Longitude
-7.5145386272005235
Altitude (metres)
10
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
Kilmuir, former parish, North Uist (0 miles)
Cladh Chothain, cemetery, North Uist (0.68 miles)
Kilchalma, eccl. North Uist (0.95 miles)
Eilean Trostain, North Uist (0.98 miles)
Baile Mhàrtainn, North Uist (2.12 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The present church was built in 1764, but it is by the site of the medieval kirk, and the kirkyard has 10th/11th century carved stones (NMRS). There was a piece of land at or near the church glebe called Peighinn Muire, '(St) Mary's Pennyland', and it appears that part of the vicarage teinds of the parish was once a young seal called Cuileann Muire ('Mary's Pup'). See 'The Poems and Songs of John Mac Codrum', ed. Archibald Macdonald (Glasgow 1894), p. viii).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kilmuir, former parish, North Uist (formerly)
Within North Uist, modern parish
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sanctae Mariae
Head name
Ecclesia Sanctae Mariae
Place
Kilmuir, eccles. North Uist
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
ecclesie Beate Marie 1455, Highland Papers
Historic formecclesie Beate Marie Head nameEcclesia Sanctae Mariae PlaceKilmuir, eccles. North Uist Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceHighland Papers, iv, 181 Date of citation1455 x 1455 Feature named in sourcechurch |
MacPhail, J.R.N, 1914-34, Highland Papers (4 vols), Scottish History Society, Edinburgh.
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
Kilmuir
Head name
Kilmuir
Place
Kilmuir, eccles. North Uist
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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formKilmuir Head nameKilmuir PlaceKilmuir, eccles. North Uist Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, xiii, 314 Date of citation1794 x 1794 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Kilmuir 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formKilmuir Head nameKilmuir PlaceKilmuir, eccles. North Uist Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 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.
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Kilmuir, Kilmuir, former parish, North Uist
Place-name data
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