Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lincowan, Kirkcowan
Grid reference
NX 330 603 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
233000 560300
Latitude
54.90936062711422
Longitude
-4.605345921967556
County
Wigtownshire
Nearby places
Kirkcowan, settlement, Kirkcowan (0.14 miles)
Kirkcowan, eccles., Kirkcowan (0.14 miles)
Kirkcowan, parish (0.14 miles)
Lady Hill, Kirkcowan (0.53 miles)
Kirkchrist, settlement, Penninghame (2.03 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
In 1684 it was recorded, 'There is a lesser Rivulet called the water of Tarfle ... it runs ... hard by the parish kirk (of Kirkcowan), where at a place call'd Lincuan the Laird of Craichlaw hath a salmon fishing, where sometimes he takes a good salmon with nets' (Geog. Coll. ii, 112). It gives its name to Lincowan Bridge (OS 6 inch 1st edn) which crosses the burn at this point.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kirkcowan, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Kirkcowan, eccles., Kirkcowan
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lincowan
Head name
Lincowan
Place
Lincowan, Kirkcowan
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Lincuan 1684, Geog. Coll. II
Historic formLincuan Head nameLincowan PlaceLincowan, Kirkcowan Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. II, 112 Date of citation1684 x 1684 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. II
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Editors
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
2 of 3
Relationships with other place names
Same specific as Kirkcowan, Kirkcowan, eccles., Kirkcowan
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