Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kirkmabreck, settlement, Kirkmabreck
Grid reference
NX 483 562 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
248300 556200
Latitude
54.87742451502678
Longitude
-4.36473158745926
County
Kirkcudbrightshire
Nearby places
Kirkmabreck, parish KKK (KCB) (0.59 miles)
Kirkmabreck, eccles., Kirkmabreck (0.59 miles)
Kirkbride, eccles, Kirkmabreck (0.61 miles)
Kirkbride, settlement, Kirkmabreck (0.63 miles)
Kirkdale, former parish, Kirkmabreck (2.26 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the centre of the village of Kirkmabreck (OS Digimap).
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Kirkmabreck, eccles., Kirkmabreck
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kirkmabreck
Head name
Kirkmabreck
Place
Kirkmabreck, settlement, Kirkmabreck
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
Kirk Makbrik 1466, RMS
Historic formKirk Makbrik Head nameKirkmabreck PlaceKirkmabreck, settlement, Kirkmabreck SourceRMS, ii no. 948 Date of citation1466 x 1468 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
Kirkmakbrek 1537, RMS
Historic formKirkmakbrek Head nameKirkmabreck PlaceKirkmabreck, settlement, Kirkmabreck Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 1737 Date of citation1537 x 1537 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
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Kirkmabreck, Kirkmabreck, eccles., Kirkmabreck
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