Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kirkconnel Hall, settlement, Hoddom
Grid reference
NY 191 752 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
319100 575200
Latitude
55.06460989798204
Longitude
-3.2668786105075336
County
Dumfriesshire
Nearby places
Ecclefechan, ~eccles. Hoddom (0.44 miles)
Ecclefechan, settlement, Hoddom (0.44 miles)
Ecclefechan, former parish, Hoddom (0.5 miles)
Pennersaughs, former parish, Middlebie (1.14 miles)
Lady Well, well, Hoddom (1.19 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
All that remains of a probable fifteenth-century tower-house is a fragment of its NW angle (NMRS). Now attached to a settlement called Kirkconnel Hall, the place is recorded from the 18th century as 'Kirkconnel'. It is nonetheless possible that this is a transferred name from one or other Kirkconnels in local area.
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Kirkconnel
Head name
Kirkconnel
Place
Kirkconnel Hall, settlement, Hoddom
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Probable
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Kirkconnell 1752, Roy
Historic formKirkconnell Head nameKirkconnel PlaceKirkconnel Hall, settlement, Hoddom Certainty that this name applies to this placeProbable SourceRoy Date of citation1752 x 1755 Notes on the context of this place-nameDate for Scotland north of a line from Glasgow to Edinburgh - survey done 1749-52; presented to the king in 1755. For more details see The Early Maps of Scotland 1, 108-9. Note the existence of protracted and fair copies for parts of Scotland. See also full discussion in Whittington, G., 1986i, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part One), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (1), 18-28; and: Whittington, G., 1986ii, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part Two), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (2), 66-73. |
Source code
Roy
Source title
Military Map of Scotland
Editors
General Roy
Year
1749- 1755
Notes
Date for Scotland north of a line from Glasgow to Edinburgh - survey done 1749-52; presented to the king in 1755. For more details see The Early Maps of Scotland 1, 108-9. Note the existence of protracted and fair copies for parts of Scotland. See also full discussion in Whittington, G., 1986i, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part One), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (1), 18-28; and: Whittington, G., 1986ii, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part Two), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (2), 66-73.
Kirkconnel Tower
Head name
Kirkconnel Tower
Place
Kirkconnel Hall, settlement, Hoddom
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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Kirkconnel Tower 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formKirkconnel Tower Head nameKirkconnel Tower PlaceKirkconnel Hall, settlement, Hoddom Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
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