Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kirkcarswell, ~eccles. Rerrick
Grid reference
NX 750 490 (general (1km))
Six-figure easting & northing
275000 549000
Latitude
54.820139186657485
Longitude
-3.94570678804012
County
Kirkcudbrightshire
Nearby places
Kirkcarswell, settlement, Rerrick (0.39 miles)
St Glassen's Well, Rerrick (1.42 miles)
Rerrick, aka Dundrennan, parish (1.64 miles)
St Michael's Kirk, Kirkcudbright (1.84 miles)
St Michael's Glen, Kirkcudbright (1.97 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The existence of the church is proposed by inference from the farm name, Kirkcarswell, whose early forms suggest Kirk Oswald (Watson 1926, 167, 188).
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kirkcarswell
Head name
Kirkcarswell
Place
Kirkcarswell, ~eccles. Rerrick
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?
Yes
Saints in this place-name
Oswald king of Northumbria (probable)
Oswald (ns) (probable)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Kirkcarswell, Kirkcarswell, settlement, Rerrick
Place-name data
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Satellite map with labels:
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
