Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Carsphairn, modern parish
Grid reference
NY 562 931 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
356200 593100
Latitude
55.23012378242928
Longitude
-2.688731122530871
County
Kirkcudbrightshire
Nearby places
Castleton, parish, aka Liddesdale (3.92 miles)
St Martin's Church, Castleton (3.92 miles)
Lady's Scar, Castleton (4.13 miles)
Ladyhaugh, Castleton (4.14 miles)
Lady's Sike, Castleton (4.5 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Carsphairn parish kirk
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Carsphairn, modern parish
Within Carsphairn, modern parish
Within Dalry, parish AYR (formerly)
Within Kells, parish (formerly)
Parish details
Carsphairn formerly part of Kells KEL and Dalry DLR.
Parish TLA
CPH
County
Kirkcudbrightshire
Parish notes
Deatched from Kells KEL and Dalry DLR in 1645 by Act of Parliament (RPS 1645/1/203).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Carsphairn
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Carsphairn
Place
Carsphairn, modern 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
Carsefearne 1645, RPS
Historic formCarsefearne This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameCarsphairn PlaceCarsphairn, modern parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRPS, 1645/1/203 Date of citation1645 x 1645 Feature named in sourceparish |
Source code
RPS
Source title
Records of Parliament of Scotland
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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