Saints in Scottish Place-Names

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)

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?

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? ?

Is this the original referent of the place?

Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?

Sanchar 1219, Pais. Reg.

Historic form

Sanchar

Head name

Sanchar

Place

St Quivox, former parish, aka Sanchar, Ayr

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Pais. Reg., 22

Date of citation

1219 x 1228

Feature named in source

ecclesiam de

Notes on the context of this place-name

Also New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check].

Associated person or body

Walter II fitz Alan

Certainty of identity of person or body

Certain

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 form

Senechar

Head name

Sanchar

Place

St Quivox, former parish, aka Sanchar, Ayr

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Pais. Reg., 18

Date of citation

1239 x 1246

Feature named in source

ecclesiam de

Notes on the context of this place-name

Also New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check].

Associated person or body

Walter II fitz Alan

Certainty of identity of person or body

Certain

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? ?

Is this the original referent of the place?

Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?

Sancti Kevoki 1562, Assumption

Historic form

Sancti Kevoki

Head name

St Quivox

Place

St Quivox, former parish, aka Sanchar, Ayr

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Probable

Source

Assumption, 529

Date of citation

1562 x 1562

Feature named in source

kirk 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

St Quivox 1793, OSA

Historic form

St Quivox

Head name

St Quivox

Place

St Quivox, former parish, aka Sanchar, Ayr

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

OSA, vol. 7 p353

Date of citation

1793 x 1793

Source code

OSA

Source title

Old Statistical Account

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St Quivox, former parish, aka Sanchar, Ayr

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Sanchar

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St Quivox

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