Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Bride's Church, Sanquhar DMF
Grid reference
NS 779 101 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
277900 610100
Latitude
55.36965837833748
Longitude
-3.9268179507348093
County
Dumfriesshire
Nearby places
Sanquhar, parish DMF (0 miles)
Connelbush, Sanquhar (1.26 miles)
Dalpedder Cottage, former settlement, Sanquhar (2.68 miles)
Dalpeddar, settlement, Sanquhar (2.88 miles)
Kirkconnel Parish Church, (modern) KCL (3.44 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
A nineteenth-century church built on the site of an earlier church of unknown date. NMRS.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Sanquhar, parish DMF
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Kilbride
Head name
Kilbride
Place
St Bride's Church, Sanquhar DMF
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Saints in this place-name
Brig, Brigit, Bride (ns) (certain)
Brigit ingen Dubthaig (of Kildare) (certain)
St Bride's Church
Head name
St Bride's Church
Place
St Bride's Church, Sanquhar DMF
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
Saints in this place-name
Brig, Brigit, Bride (ns) (certain)
Brigit ingen Dubthaig (of Kildare) (certain)
Place-name data
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