Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilblain, settlement, Greenock
Grid reference
NS 274 764 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
227400 676400
Latitude
55.94961714373009
Longitude
-4.7645260649182415
Altitude (metres)
20
County
Renfrewshire
Nearby places
Kilblain, ~eccles., Greenock (0 miles)
Greenock, modern parish (0.26 miles)
Bay of St Laurence, Greenock (0.45 miles)
St Laurence's Chapel, Greenock (0.69 miles)
Kilbirnie, settlement, Greenock (1.32 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
For discussion of Kilblain House see NMRS (Canmore ID: 41313). See also Weir (1829, 6-7).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilblain
Head name
Kilblain
Place
Kilblain, settlement, Greenock
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Kilblain House 1857, OS Object Name Books
Historic formKilblain House Head nameKilblain PlaceKilblain, settlement, Greenock Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS Object Name Books, cited by NMRS (Canmore ID 4131) Date of citation1857 x 1857 Notes on the context of this place-nameSurveyors' notes for the OS 6 inch first edn. |
Source code
OS Object Name Books
Author
Ordnance Survey
Source title
Ordnance Survey Object Name Books
Year
18XX-XX
Notes
Surveyors' notes for the OS 6 inch first edn.
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