Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary & St Bruoc's Church, Dunrod KRB
Grid reference
NX 699 460 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
269900 546000
Latitude
54.79189558098489
Longitude
-4.023690119722203
Altitude (metres)
55
County
Kirkcudbrightshire
Nearby places
Galtway, former parish, Kirkcudbright (1.57 miles)
St Michael's Church, Galtway, Kirkcudbright (1.57 miles)
St Mary's Priory/Isle, Trail, Kirkcudbright (2.52 miles)
Senwick, former parish, Borgue (2.73 miles)
Kirkcudbright, parish (3.22 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Marked on OS Maps as 'Dunrod Church'.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dunrod, former parish, Kirkcudbright (formerly)
Within Kirkcudbright, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sanctae Marie et Sancti Bruoc
Head name
Ecclesia Sanctae Marie et Sancti Bruoc
Place
St Mary & St Bruoc's Church, Dunrod KRB
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Ecclesiam Sancte Marie et Sancti Bruoc 1154, Holy. Lib.
Historic formEcclesiam Sancte Marie et Sancti Bruoc Head nameEcclesia Sanctae Marie et Sancti Bruoc PlaceSt Mary & St Bruoc's Church, Dunrod KRB Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceHoly. Lib., no. 25 Date of citation1154 x 1186 Notes on the context of this place-nameCartulary of Holyrood Abbey by Edinburgh. |
Associated person or bodyBishop of Whithorn Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
Holy. Lib.
Source title
Liber Cartarum Sancte Crucis
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1840
Notes
Cartulary of Holyrood Abbey by Edinburgh.
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
Briac, Briog, Breage (ns) (probable) It is porbable that the name here, Bruoc, is to be assigned to this complex of names.
Briac of Saint-Briac (maybe)
Briog of St-Brieuc (maybe)
Bruc of Rothesay (maybe)
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
