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Anwoth, parish
Grid reference
NX 582 562 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
258200 556200
Latitude
54.88032946659995
Longitude
-4.210540596527164
Nearby places
Kirkbride, settlement, Anwoth (1.19 miles)
Killern, settlement, Anwoth (1.24 miles)
Kirkbride, ~eccles, Anwoth (1.36 miles)
Lady's Well, Anwoth (1.37 miles)
Girthon, parish (2.3 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for Anworth Old Parish Church. A cross-slab dating to around 1100 is found at this site.
Relationships with other places
Contains Killern, settlement, Anwoth
Contains Kirkbride, ~eccles, Anwoth
Contains Kirkbride, settlement, Anwoth
Contains Lady's Well, Anwoth
Parish details
Anwoth
Parish TLA
ANH
County
Kirkcudbrightshire
Medieval diocese
Galloway
Parish notes
Confirmed by John bp. of Galloway (1189 x 1206) to the uses of Holyrood as grant of David son of Terrus, the parsonage fruits appear to have been devoted to the use of the dependent cell of St Mary's Isle from the earliest times to the Reformation, while the cure was a vicarage perpetual. Holyrood Lib., no. 49 etc. See Cowan 1967, 7. A small part of Kirkdale KXJ q.v. was annexed to the parish in 1636 (the bulk going to Kirkmabreck KKK). The medieval boundary between Kirkdale and Anwoth was probably the Auchenlarie Burn.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Anwoth
Head name
Anwoth
Place
Anwoth, 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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Anwath 1561, Assumption
Historic formAnwath Head nameAnwoth PlaceAnwoth, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 617 |
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