Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Sanquhar, parish DMF
Grid reference
NS 779 101 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
277900 610100
Latitude
55.36965837833748
Longitude
-3.9268179507348093
Nearby places
St Bride's Church, Sanquhar DMF (0 miles)
Connelbush, Sanquhar (1.26 miles)
Dalpedder Cottage, former settlement, Sanquhar (2.68 miles)
Dalpeddar, settlement, Sanquhar (2.88 miles)
Kirkconnel Parish Church, (modern) KCL (3.44 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for 'St Bride's Church', which NMRS records as built in 1827-8, partly on the site of the older St Bride's Church.
Relationships with other places
Contains Connelbush, Sanquhar
Contains Connelbush, Sanquhar
Contains Dalpeddar, settlement, Sanquhar
Contains Dalpedder Cottage, former settlement, Sanquhar
Contains St Bride's Church, Sanquhar DMF
Parish TLA
SAN
County
Dumfriesshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Sanquhar
Head name
Sanquhar
Place
Sanquhar, parish DMF
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
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
Historic formSenechar Head nameSanquhar PlaceSanquhar, parish DMF Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSHS Misc., v, 100 Date of citation1274 x 1274 |
Source code
SHS Misc.
Source title
The Miscellany of the Scottish History Society
Year
1893 -
Sanquhar 1665, Geog. Coll. III
Historic formSanquhar Head nameSanquhar PlaceSanquhar, parish DMF Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. III, 198 Date of citation1665 x 1733 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. III
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Editors
Arthur Mitchel and James Toshach Clark
Series
Scottish History Society
Year
1908
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