Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Quivox, former parish, aka Sanchar, Ayr
Grid reference
NS 375 240 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
237500 624000
Latitude
55.482743446634395
Longitude
-4.571832262168115
Altitude (metres)
34
County
Ayrshire
Nearby places
St Quivox, eccles., Ayr (0 miles)
Oswald's Temple, Auchincruive, AYR (0.45 miles)
Oswald's Bridge, AYR (0.92 miles)
Mount Mary, Coylton (1.5 miles)
St Mary's Convent, Dalmilling Ayr (1.55 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR is parish church of St Quivox. The earlier name of the parish, Sanchar, is reflected by the settlement name of that form, which survives with various affixes in the names of various parts (South, Mid, East) of that estate, in the north-western part of the old territory of St Quivox parish.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Ayr, parish
Relationships with other places
Contains Oswald's Bridge, AYR
Contains St Mary's Convent, Dalmilling Ayr
Contains St Quivox, eccles., Ayr
Parish details
St Quivox now part of Ayr AYP
Parish TLA
SQX
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Sanchar
Head name
Sanchar
Place
St Quivox, former parish, aka Sanchar, Ayr
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Sanchar 1219, Pais. Reg.
Historic formSanchar Head nameSanchar PlaceSt Quivox, former parish, aka Sanchar, Ayr Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourcePais. Reg., 22 Date of citation1219 x 1228 Feature named in sourceecclesiam de Notes on the context of this place-nameAlso New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check]. |
Associated person or bodyWalter II fitz Alan Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
Pais. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Monasterii de Passelet
Series
Maitland Club
Year
1832
Notes
Also New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check].
Senechar 1239, Pais. Reg.
Historic formSenechar Head nameSanchar PlaceSt Quivox, former parish, aka Sanchar, Ayr Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourcePais. Reg., 18 Date of citation1239 x 1246 Feature named in sourceecclesiam de Notes on the context of this place-nameAlso New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check]. |
Associated person or bodyWalter II fitz Alan Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
Pais. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Monasterii de Passelet
Series
Maitland Club
Year
1832
Notes
Also New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check].
St Quivox
Head name
St Quivox
Place
St Quivox, former parish, aka Sanchar, Ayr
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
Sancti Kevoki 1562, Assumption
Historic formSancti Kevoki Head nameSt Quivox PlaceSt Quivox, former parish, aka Sanchar, Ayr Certainty that this name applies to this placeProbable SourceAssumption, 529 Date of citation1562 x 1562 Feature named in sourcekirk of |
Source code
Assumption
Source title
The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation
Editors
J. Kirk
Series
Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21
Year
1995
Historic formSt Quivox Head nameSt Quivox PlaceSt Quivox, former parish, aka Sanchar, Ayr Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, vol. 7 p353 Date of citation1793 x 1793 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account