Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Stewarton, parish
Grid reference
NS 418 456 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
241800 645600
Latitude
55.67807241342475
Longitude
-4.516231076784413
Nearby places
St Columba's Parish Church, Stewarton (0 miles)
Brideland, settlement, Stewarton (0.62 miles)
High Kilbride, Stewarton (1.39 miles)
South Kilbride, Stewarton (1.59 miles)
North Kilbride, settlement Stewarton (1.65 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for parish kirk built in 1696.
Relationships with other places
Contains Brideland, settlement, Stewarton
Contains High Kilbride, Stewarton
Contains Kilbride, ~eccles. Stewarton
Contains Kilbride, ~eccles. Stewarton
Contains North Kilbride, settlement Stewarton
Contains South Kilbride, Stewarton
Parish TLA
STW
County
Ayrshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Stewarton
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Stewarton
Place
Stewarton, 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
Stewartoun 1566, Assumption
Historic formStewartoun This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameStewarton PlaceStewarton, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 576 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
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