Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kirkcarswell, settlement, Rerrick
Grid reference
NX 756 492 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
275600 549200
Latitude
54.822084945366015
Longitude
-3.9364593209081735
Altitude (metres)
130
County
Kirkcudbrightshire
Nearby places
Kirkcarswell, ~eccles. Rerrick (0.39 miles)
St Glassen's Well, Rerrick (1.44 miles)
Rerrick, aka Dundrennan, parish (1.64 miles)
St Michael's Kirk, Kirkcudbright (2.03 miles)
St Michael's Glen, Kirkcudbright (2.17 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the central point of the area shown on OS Digimap (Meridian 2) as Kirkcarswell. The farm is now shown as divided in larger scalle maps into Easter Kirkcarswell and Wester Kirkcarswell.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kirkcarswell
Head name
Kirkcarswell
Place
Kirkcarswell, settlement, Rerrick
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
Kyrassalda 1365, RMS
Historic formKyrassalda Head nameKirkcarswell PlaceKirkcarswell, settlement, Rerrick Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i no. 206 Date of citation1365 x 1365 Feature named in sourcelordship 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
Kirkassudie 1622, RMS
Historic formKirkassudie Head nameKirkcarswell PlaceKirkcarswell, settlement, Rerrick Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i, app, 2, no. 1517 Date of citation1622 x 1632 Feature named in sourcelordship 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
Kirkarsell 1654, Blaeu
Historic formKirkarsell Head nameKirkcarswell PlaceKirkcarswell, settlement, Rerrick Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Galloway Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Kirkcarswell, Kirkcarswell, ~eccles. Rerrick
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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