Saints in Scottish Place-Names
Funded by a Leverhulme Trust Project Grant
Kirkmirran, ~eccles, Kelton
Grid reference
NX 799 550 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
279900 555000
Latitude
54.875233310026765
Longitude
-3.87197553967937
Altitude (metres)
20
County
Kirkcudbrightshire
Nearby places
Kirkmirran, settlement, Kelton (0.09 miles)
St Mirran's Well, Kelton (0.12 miles)
St Michael's Kirk, Gelston, Kelton (1.93 miles)
Gelston, former parish, Kelton (1.93 miles)
Kirkennan, eccles, Buittle (2.2 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The kirk site occupies a haugh on the west bank of the Potterland Lane, which here defines the parish boundary.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kelton, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Kirkmirran, settlement, Kelton
Adjacent St Mirran's Well, Kelton
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kirkmirran
Head name
Kirkmirran
Place
Kirkmirran, ~eccles, Kelton
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
Yes
Kirkmirren 1793, OSA
Historic formKirkmirren Head nameKirkmirran PlaceKirkmirran, ~eccles, Kelton Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, viii, 297 Date of citation1793 x 1793 Feature named in sourcechapel |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Kirkmirran Kirk 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formKirkmirran Kirk Head nameKirkmirran PlaceKirkmirran, ~eccles, Kelton 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.
Saints in this place-name
Mirren, Muirenn (ns) (certain)
Mirren of Paisley (maybe)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Kirkmirran, Kirkmirran, settlement, Kelton
Same specific as St Mirran's Well, St Mirran's Well, Kelton
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
Map Layers
The map interface was produced using the Leaflet.js library. Attribution for the base layers is as follows:
Default map:
Tiles © Esri — Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, TomTom, Intermap, iPC, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), and the GIS User Community
Satellite map:
Tiles © Esri — Source: Esri, i-cubed, USDA, USGS, AEX, GeoEye, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, UPR-EGP, and the GIS User Community
Satellite map with labels:
Base map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA, Imagery © Mapbox
Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
