Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Stevenston, parish
Grid reference
NS 266 421 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
226600 642100
Latitude
55.64146709707435
Longitude
-4.755483379630912
Nearby places
St Monk's Church, Stevenston (0 miles)
St Winnings Well, Kilwinning (2.06 miles)
Ardrossan, parish (2.11 miles)
Kilwinning, parish (2.39 miles)
Kilwinning, eccles. Kilwinning (2.39 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Stevenston Parish Church, sixteenth century, possibly on the site of an earlier building. Rebuilt c. 1670 (NMRS).
Relationships with other places
Contains St Monk's Church, Stevenston
Contains St Monk's Church, Stevenston
Parish details
Stevenson
Parish TLA
STV
County
Ayrshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Parish notes
First mentioned as a church c.1207, the parsonage was annexed to Kilwinning Abbey at the Reformation, this having been the case from at least the early 15th c, the cure then being a vicarage perpetual. The patronage of the church may have been granted to the abbey in the late 12th c, when the de Morvilles granted lands in the parish to Steven son of Richard, but of this there is no proof (Chalmers, Caledonia vi, 546). See Cowan 1967, 187 for more details and references.
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Stevenston
Head name
Stevenston
Place
Stevenston, parish
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
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
Stevintoun’ 1275, Glas. Reg.
Historic formStevintoun’ Head nameStevenston PlaceStevenston, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGlas. Reg., lxviii Date of citation1275 x 1275 Feature named in sourcevicaria de |
Source code
Glas. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Episcopatus Glasguense
Stevinsoun 1566, Assumption
Historic formStevinsoun Head nameStevenston PlaceStevenston, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 577 Date of citation1566 x 1566 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Associated person or bodyKilwinning Abbey Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
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
Stevenston 1793, OSA
Historic formStevenston Head nameStevenston PlaceStevenston, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, vol. 7 p1 Date of citation1793 x 1793 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Villa Stephani
Head name
Villa Stephani
Place
Stevenston, parish
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
ville Stephani 1206, Glas. Reg.
Historic formville Stephani Head nameVilla Stephani PlaceStevenston, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGlas. Reg., no. 98 Date of citation1206 x 1209 Feature named in sourceDauid persona ecclesie |
Source code
Glas. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Episcopatus Glasguense