Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Redkirk, former parish, Gretna
Grid reference
NY 301 650 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
330100 565000
Latitude
54.974627310257944
Longitude
-3.0921638982088853
County
Dumfriesshire
Nearby places
Red Kirk, eccles., Redkirk, Gretna (0 miles)
Rinnpatrick, settlement, Redkirk, Gretna (0.06 miles)
Gretna, parish (2.17 miles)
St Marjory's Cross, Dornock/Annan (2.17 miles)
Kirkpatrick Fleming, parish (juxta Gretna) (3.47 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The kirk was eroded away by the sea in the seventeenth century. Its remains now lies in the mud and sand below the high water mark.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Gretna, parish
Relationships with other places
Contains Red Kirk, eccles., Redkirk, Gretna
Parish details
Redkirk formerly Raynpatrick now in Gretna GRT, united in 1609 (RPS 1609/4/35).
Parish TLA
RKX
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Parish notes
The church was granted to Guisborough by Robert de Brus, c. 1170, and confirmed by his son William, and was frequently in dispute between the priory and the bishops of Glasgow to whom the patronage was ceded in 1223 (Cowan 1967, 170).
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Redkirk
Head name
Redkirk
Place
Redkirk, former parish, Gretna
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Reidkirk 1726, Geog. Coll. I
Historic formReidkirk Head nameRedkirk PlaceRedkirk, former parish, Gretna Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. I, 381 Date of citation1726 x 1726 Feature named in sourceparish of |
Source code
Geog. Coll. I
Author
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
1 of 3
Year
1906
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Red Kirk, Red Kirk, eccles., Redkirk, Gretna
Rinnpatrick
Head name
Rinnpatrick
Place
Redkirk, former parish, Gretna
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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Renpatrik 1165, Melrose Liber
Historic formRenpatrik Head nameRinnpatrick PlaceRedkirk, former parish, Gretna Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMelrose Liber, no. 171 Date of citation1165 x 1214 Feature named in sourceville |
Source code
Melrose Liber
Source title
Liber Sancte Marie de Melros
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1837
Historic formRenpatrik Head nameRinnpatrick PlaceRedkirk, former parish, Gretna Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 425 Date of citation1194 x 1213 |
Associated person or bodyWilliam I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Reinpatric 1204, RRS ii
Historic formReinpatric Head nameRinnpatrick PlaceRedkirk, former parish, Gretna Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 450 Date of citation1204 x 1207 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Associated person or bodyWilliam I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain Associated person or bodyRobert de Bruce, lord of Annandale Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Reinpatric 1214, Melrose Liber
Historic formReinpatric Head nameRinnpatrick PlaceRedkirk, former parish, Gretna Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMelrose Liber, no. 174 Date of citation1214 x 1249 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Source code
Melrose Liber
Source title
Liber Sancte Marie de Melros
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1837
Rempatric 1223, Glas. Reg.
Historic formRempatric Head nameRinnpatrick PlaceRedkirk, former parish, Gretna Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGlas. Reg., no. 123 Date of citation1223 x 1223 |
Source code
Glas. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Episcopatus Glasguense
Raynpatric 1274, SHS Misc.
Historic formRaynpatric Head nameRinnpatrick PlaceRedkirk, former parish, Gretna Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSHS Misc., v, 98 Date of citation1274 x 1274 |
Source code
SHS Misc.
Source title
The Miscellany of the Scottish History Society
Year
1893 -
Saints in this place-name
Pátraic, Patrick (ns) (probable)
Pátraic m. Calprainn of Ireland (probable)
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