Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilmarnock, settlement, Kilmarnock AYR
Grid reference
NS 437 394 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
243700 639400
Latitude
55.62302534018169
Longitude
-4.482516786993755
County
Ayrshire
Nearby places
Kilmarnock, parish (1.12 miles)
Kilmarnock, ~eccles. Kilmarnock AYR (1.12 miles)
St Marnock Street, Kilmarnock (1.33 miles)
St Andrew's Church, Kilmarnock AYR (1.45 miles)
Lady's Well, Kilmaurs (1.61 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Dean Castle, the site of the castle of Kilmarnock for more than 400 years.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kilmarnock, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilmarnock
Head name
Kilmarnock
Place
Kilmarnock, settlement, Kilmarnock AYR
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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formKilmernoc Head nameKilmarnock PlaceKilmarnock, settlement, Kilmarnock AYR Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, no. 40 Date of citation1315 x 1321 Feature named in sourceland Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Associated person or bodyRobert I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Historic formKilmernok Head nameKilmarnock PlaceKilmarnock, settlement, Kilmarnock AYR Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 992 Date of citation1470 x 1470 Feature named in sourcelands Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Historic formKilmernok Head nameKilmarnock PlaceKilmarnock, settlement, Kilmarnock AYR Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 3153 Date of citation1545 x 1545 Feature named in sourcedominium et baroniam Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Kilmarnock 1654, Blaeu
Historic formKilmarnock Head nameKilmarnock PlaceKilmarnock, settlement, Kilmarnock AYR Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Cunninghame Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
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