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Kilmacfadzean, settlement, New Luce
Grid reference
NX 203 675 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
220300 567500
Latitude
54.96958537380517
Longitude
-4.807725042045318
County
Wigtownshire
Nearby places
New Luce, modern parish (2.54 miles)
Kilfeddar, ~eccles, New Luce (3.2 miles)
Kilfeddar, settlement, New Luce (3.2 miles)
Bardonachie, hill, Kirkcowan (3.99 miles)
Kilquockadale, settlement, Kirkcowan (4.53 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Notes
It is not certain that this name contains G cill 'church, chapel'. If it does, we may assume that the settlement was named after a nearby chapel called Cill Mo Phaidein, but there is no other evidence of the existence of such a chapel.
Relationships with other parishes
Adjacent Glenluce, parish (now Old Luce) (formerly)
Within New Luce, modern parish
Within New Luce, modern parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilmacfadzean
Head name
Kilmacfadzean
Place
Kilmacfadzean, settlement, New Luce
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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Kilmafadin 1752, Roy
Historic formKilmafadin Head nameKilmacfadzean PlaceKilmacfadzean, settlement, New Luce Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain 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.
Kilmacfadzean 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formKilmacfadzean Head nameKilmacfadzean PlaceKilmacfadzean, settlement, New Luce 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
Pátraic, Patrick (ns) (doubtful) It is not certain that this name contains either G cill or a saint's name, though the 1752 form is promising.
Pátraic m. Calprainn of Ireland (doubtful)
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