Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Buittle, parish
Grid reference
NX 807 598 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
280700 559800
Latitude
54.91854141700253
Longitude
-3.861501608469566
Nearby places
St Colman Elo's Church, eccles. Buittle (0 miles)
Mary's Pool, Buittle/Urr (1.22 miles)
Kirkennan, eccles, Buittle (1.6 miles)
Kirkennan, settlement, Buittle (1.62 miles)
St Peter's Church, modern, Dalbeattie, Urr (1.67 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other places
Contains Kirkennan, eccles, Buittle
Contains Kirkennan, eccles, Buittle
Contains Kirkennan, settlement, Buittle
Contains Mary's Pool, Buittle/Urr
Parish details
Buittle BUL.
Parish TLA
BUL
County
Kirkcudbrightshire
Medieval diocese
Galloway
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Buittle
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Buittle
Place
Buittle, 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
Historic formBothel This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameBuittle PlaceBuittle, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSHS Misc., vi, 74 Date of citation1276 x 1276 Feature named in sourceecclesia de |
Source code
SHS Misc.
Source title
The Miscellany of the Scottish History Society
Year
1893 -
Buttill 1541, Assumption
Historic formButtill This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameBuittle PlaceBuittle, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 611 Date of citation1541 x 1541 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Associated person or bodySweetheart 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
Historic formButill This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameBuittle PlaceBuittle, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, v no. 1286 Date of citation1587 x 1587 Feature named in sourceparish Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Associated person or bodySweetheart Abbey Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
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