Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Strachur, parish (alias Kilmaglash)
Grid reference
NN 095 015 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
209500 701500
Latitude
56.1680757428454
Longitude
-5.068641915062564
Nearby places
Kilmaglash, eccles. Strachur (0 miles)
Chapelverna, eccles. Strachur (0.69 miles)
Chapelverna, settlement, Strachur (0.98 miles)
Kilbride, eccles. Inveraray (2.47 miles)
Kilbride, settlement Inveraray (2.72 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the church of Kilmaglash.
Relationships with other places
Contains Chapelverna, eccles. Strachur
Contains Chapelverna, settlement, Strachur
Contains Kilmaglash, eccles. Strachur
Contains St Catherine's Chapel, Strachur
Contains St Catherines, settlement Strachur
Contains St Catherines, settlement Strachur
Parish details
ScotlandsPlaces indicates that the 'Strachur and Strathlachlan' was a parish for civil and religious purposes from 1650 until 1900, when it was divided into Strachur and Strathlachlan parishes.
Parish TLA
STU
County
Argyllshire
Medieval diocese
Argyle
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Kilmaglash
Head name
Kilmaglash
Place
Strachur, parish (alias Kilmaglash)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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
Killmaglass 1791, OSA
Historic formKillmaglass Head nameKilmaglash PlaceStrachur, parish (alias Kilmaglash) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, Argyll, 555 Date of citation1791 x 1799 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Kilmaglash, Kilmaglash, eccles. Strachur
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
