Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Oswald's Church, Kelton
Grid reference
NX 760 601 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
276000 560100
Latitude
54.920091134304904
Longitude
-3.9349218705048012
Altitude (metres)
55
County
Kirkcudbrightshire
Nearby places
Kelton, parish (0 miles)
St Andrew Street, Castle Douglas, Kelton (1.27 miles)
St Michael's Kirk, Gelston, Kelton (2.07 miles)
Gelston, former parish, Kelton (2.07 miles)
Blairmichael, hill, Kelton (2.27 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Shown as 'Kelton Kirk' on OS Digimap.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kelton, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sancti Oswaldi Martyris
Head name
Ecclesia Sancti Oswaldi Martyris
Place
St Oswald's Church, Kelton
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Ecclesie Sancti Oswaldi Martiris 1210, RRS ii
Historic formEcclesie Sancti Oswaldi Martiris Head nameEcclesia Sancti Oswaldi Martyris PlaceSt Oswald's Church, Kelton Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 489 Date of citation1210 x 1210 Feature named in sourceecclesia |
Associated person or bodyWilliam I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain Associated person or bodyAlan son of Roland, constable Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Saints in this place-name
Oswald (ns) (certain)
Oswald king of Northumbria (certain)
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