Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilmaurs, settlement, Kilmaurs
Grid reference
NS 412 411 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
241200 641100
Latitude
55.63747768240661
Longitude
-4.523162572218538
Altitude (metres)
60
County
Ayrshire
Nearby places
Kilmaurs, parish (0.2 miles)
Kilmaurs, eccles. Kilmaurs (0.28 miles)
Lady's Well, Kilmaurs (0.33 miles)
Kilmaurs Mains, Dreghorn (1.45 miles)
Kilmarnock, settlement, Kilmarnock AYR (1.87 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for OS 'Kilmaurs Place' at the south-east side of the village.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kilmaurs, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Kilmaurs, eccles. Kilmaurs
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilmaurs
Head name
Kilmaurs
Place
Kilmaurs, settlement, Kilmaurs
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
Kilmaweris 1316, RRS v
Historic formKilmaweris Head nameKilmaurs PlaceKilmaurs, settlement, Kilmaurs Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS v, no. 79 Date of citation1316 x 1316 Feature named in sourceGulielmi domini de |
Source code
RRS v
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum vol.v
Editors
A.A.M. Duncan
Secondary Title
Acts of Robert I
Year
1988
Historic formKilmawris Head nameKilmaurs PlaceKilmaurs, settlement, Kilmaurs Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 2103 Date of citation1492 x 1492 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
Kilmawaris 1498, RMS
Historic formKilmawaris Head nameKilmaurs PlaceKilmaurs, settlement, Kilmaurs Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 2416 Date of citation1498 x 1498 Feature named in sourcelands and barony 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 formKilmaers Head nameKilmaurs PlaceKilmaurs, settlement, Kilmaurs 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
Historic formKilmaurs Head nameKilmaurs PlaceKilmaurs, settlement, Kilmaurs Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, ix, 351 Date of citation1793 x 1793 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Kilmaurs, Kilmaurs, eccles. Kilmaurs
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
