Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kirkapoll, former parish, Tiree (Tiree)
Grid reference
NM 042 472 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
104200 747200
Latitude
56.5236336011842
Longitude
-6.810723363798631
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
St Columba's Church, Kirkapoll (Tiree) (0 miles)
Cladh Odhrain, Kirkapol (Tiree) (0.06 miles)
Tobar Eachainn, Kirkapoll (Tiree) (0.12 miles)
Tiree, modern parish (2.94 miles)
Cill Fhinnein, chapel, Tiree (3.05 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for St Columba's Church, Kirkapoll - a medieval building in ruins.
Relationships with other places
Contains Cladh Odhrain, Kirkapol (Tiree)
Contains St Columba's Church, Kirkapoll (Tiree)
Contains Tobar Eachainn, Kirkapoll (Tiree)
Parish details
Kirkapoll now part of Tiree TIR
Parish TLA
KXP
Medieval diocese
Isles
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kirkapoll
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Kirkapoll
Place
Kirkapoll, former parish, Tiree (Tiree)
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Kirkapost 1561, Assumption
Historic formKirkapost This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKirkapoll PlaceKirkapoll, former parish, Tiree (Tiree) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 675 Date of citation1561 x 1561 Feature named in sourceparsonage |
Associated person or bodyBishop of the Isles 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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