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