Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Ford, settlement, Kilconquhar
Grid reference
NO 482 012 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
348200 701200
Latitude
56.20065329985412
Longitude
-2.834979586304631
Altitude (metres)
20
Nearby places
Kilconquhar Loch, Kilconquhar (0.48 miles)
Kilconquhar, settlement Kilconquhar (0.53 miles)
Kilconquhar, parish (0.53 miles)
Kilconquhar, eccles. Kilconquhar (0.53 miles)
Elie, modern parish (0.88 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The farm is situated beside a sandy ford (whence the name) where the old coastal road crossed the Cocklemill Burn by St Ford Links. Traces of the old causeway can still be seen in the bottom of the burn where the ford was.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kilconquhar, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Ford
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
St Ford
Place
St Ford, settlement, Kilconquhar
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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formSandfurd This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameSt Ford PlaceSt Ford, settlement, Kilconquhar Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 2284 Date of citation1495 x 1495 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Historic formSandfuird This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameSt Ford PlaceSt Ford, settlement, Kilconquhar Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, vii no. 1259 Date of citation1615 x 1615 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
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