Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Killosbern, eccles., Closeburn
Grid reference
NX 903 923 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
290300 592300
Latitude
55.21269290390682
Longitude
-3.7242950425437225
County
Dumfriesshire
Nearby places
Closeburn, parish (0 miles)
Closeburn, settlement, Closeburn (0.36 miles)
Kirkpatrick, settlement, Closeburn (1.14 miles)
St Patrick's Chapel, Kilpatrick Closeburn (1.18 miles)
St Ninian's Well, Dalgarnock, Closeburn (1.86 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The remains here of the eponymous medieval church of the parish, of which some Norman fragments survive; a tenth-century Anglian cross-shaft and grave-slab are probably from this site, though now in Dumfries Museum (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Closeburn, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Killosbern
Head name
Killosbern
Place
Killosbern, eccles., Closeburn
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Killosbern 1185, Holy. Lib.
Historic formKillosbern Head nameKillosbern PlaceKillosbern, eccles., Closeburn Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceHoly. Lib., Appendix ii, no. 8 Date of citation1185 x 1211 Feature named in sourceAliuegan capellano de Notes on the context of this place-nameCartulary of Holyrood Abbey by Edinburgh. |
Source code
Holy. Lib.
Source title
Liber Cartarum Sancte Crucis
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1840
Notes
Cartulary of Holyrood Abbey by Edinburgh.
Kyllosbern 1198, Kel. Lib.
Historic formKyllosbern Head nameKillosbern PlaceKillosbern, eccles., Closeburn Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceKel. Lib., p274 no. 340 Date of citation1198 x 1214 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Associated person or bodyEdgar, s. of Donald |
Source code
Kel. Lib.
Source title
Liber S. Marie de Calchou
Series
Bannatyne Club
Volume
2
Year
1846
Kilosebern 1232, Kel. Lib.
Historic formKilosebern Head nameKillosbern PlaceKillosbern, eccles., Closeburn Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceKel. Lib., no. 279 Date of citation1232 x 1232 Feature named in sourceecclesia |
Source code
Kel. Lib.
Source title
Liber S. Marie de Calchou
Series
Bannatyne Club
Volume
2
Year
1846
Kyllosbern’ 1279, Kel. Lib.
Historic formKyllosbern’ Head nameKillosbern PlaceKillosbern, eccles., Closeburn SourceKel. Lib., p274 no. 341 Date of citation1279 x 1279 Feature named in sourcetenement |
Source code
Kel. Lib.
Source title
Liber S. Marie de Calchou
Series
Bannatyne Club
Volume
2
Year
1846
Historic formClosburn Head nameKillosbern PlaceKillosbern, eccles., Closeburn SourceBlaeu, Nithsdale Date of citation1654 x 1654 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
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