Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Toskerton, former parish, aka Kirkmadrine SOK
Grid reference
NX 080 484 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
208000 548400
Latitude
54.79357509982516
Longitude
-4.986906398408663
County
Wigtownshire
Nearby places
Kirkmadrine, eccles, Toskerton, Stoneykirk (0.06 miles)
Kirkmabreck, eccles., Stoneykirk (Rhinns) (0.67 miles)
Kirkmabreck, settlement, Stoneykirk (Rhinns) (1.14 miles)
Killaser, ~eccles., Stoneykirk (2.2 miles)
Ringvinachan, Stoneykirk (2.27 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other places
Parish details
Toskerton or Kirkmadryne now part of Stoneykirk SOK
Parish TLA
TOX
Medieval diocese
Galloway
Parish notes
Known as Toskerton or Kirkmadryne TOX, the church, which was an independent parsonage in Bag. (p. 75), had been annexed to priory of Whithorn before the Reformation, while at the same period the vicarage was held by a canon of that house (Testament of Mathew Fleming; Deeds ii, 457). Cowan 1967, 199 (under Toskerton). It is now part of Stoneykirk SOK.
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Kirkmadrine
Head name
Kirkmadrine
Place
Toskerton, former parish, aka Kirkmadrine SOK
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
Toskerton
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Toskerton
Place
Toskerton, former parish, aka Kirkmadrine SOK
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Toscartoun 1584, Assumption
Historic formToscartoun This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameToskerton PlaceToskerton, former parish, aka Kirkmadrine SOK Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 594 Date of citation1584 x 1584 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Associated person or bodyWhithorn Priory 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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