Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Balnacross, former parish, Tongland
Grid reference
NX 700 590 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
270000 559000
Latitude
54.908685270124124
Longitude
-4.0279863031900165
County
Kirkcudbrightshire
Nearby places
St Michael's Church, Balnacross, Tongland (0 miles)
Kirkcormack, former parish, Kelton (1.36 miles)
Kirkcormack, eccles, Kirkcormack, Kelton (1.36 miles)
Kirkcormack, settlement, Kirkcormack, Kelton (1.4 miles)
St Ringan's Well, Kelton (1.67 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR is for the farm of Barncrosh TON, which is supposed to be the settlement where St Michael's church of Balnacross lay.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Tongland, parish
Relationships with other places
Parish details
Balnacross now part of Tongland TON
Parish TLA
BCX
Medieval diocese
Galloway
Parish notes
It appears (1189 x 1209) as a chapel of Kirkcormack (Holyrood Liber no. 49) when it is granted to Holyrood Abbey. In spite of this, it appears to have attained independent parochial status by the fourteenth century, when it is granted as 'the kirk of Michis within the toun of Balncrose' to the abbey of Tongland (RMS i, app. 2, no. 85).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Balnacross
Head name
Balnacross
Place
Balnacross, former parish, Tongland
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formBalencros Head nameBalnacross PlaceBalnacross, former parish, Tongland Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 141 Date of citation1172 x 1174 |
Associated person or bodyWilliam I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain Associated person or bodyIona Abbey or Abbot Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Balnecros 1189, Holy. Lib.
Historic formBalnecros Head nameBalnacross PlaceBalnacross, former parish, Tongland Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceHoly. Lib., no. 49 Date of citation1189 x 1209 Feature named in sourcechapel Notes on the context of this place-nameCartulary of Holyrood Abbey by Edinburgh. |
Source code
Holy. Lib.
Source title
Liber Cartarum Sancte Crucis
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1840
Notes
Cartulary of Holyrood Abbey by Edinburgh.
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