Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Golspie, parish, aka Kilmalie
Grid reference
NH 799 987 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
279900 898700
Latitude
57.96164143360453
Longitude
-4.030045263397227
Nearby places
Culmaily, eccles., Golspie (0 miles)
Culmaily, settlement, Golspie (0.58 miles)
St Andrew's Church, Golspie (2.53 miles)
St Callan's Chapel, Rogart SUT (4.49 miles)
Rogart, parish (4.81 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR is for the kirk site at Kirkton, and close to the settlement of Culmailly (house and farm) which may derive from the earlier name for this church, a cill + saint name, *Kilmalie.
Relationships with other places
Contains Culmaily, eccles., Golspie
Contains Culmaily, eccles., Golspie
Contains Culmaily, settlement, Golspie
Contains St Andrew's Church, Golspie
Parish details
Golspie formerly Kilmalie
Parish TLA
GOL
County
Sutherland
Medieval diocese
Caithness
Parish notes
Also known as Culmalin and now as Golspie, the church was apparently one of the 6 reserved to the episcopal mensa of Caithness by Bp. Gilbert in his constitution of 1224x45 (Bannatyne Misc. iii, 18). See also Bag. p.69; Cowan 1967, 103 for more refs. and details.
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Golspie
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Golspie
Place
Golspie, parish, aka Kilmalie
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
Kilmalie
Head name
Kilmalie
Place
Golspie, parish, aka Kilmalie
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
Culmalyn 1275, Bagimond's Roll
Historic formCulmalyn Head nameKilmalie PlaceGolspie, parish, aka Kilmalie Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBagimond's Roll, 69 Date of citation1275 x 1275 Notes on the context of this place-nameThe text composed in 1287 accounts for tax raised in Scotland 1275 and 1276. |
Source code
Bagimond's Roll
Author
A.I.Dunlop
Source title
Bagimond's Roll
Secondary Title
Scottish History Society Miscellany
Pages
25-77
Volume
vi
Year
1939
Notes
The text composed in 1287 accounts for tax raised in Scotland 1275 and 1276.
Kilmaly 1560, Assumption
Historic formKilmaly Head nameKilmalie PlaceGolspie, parish, aka Kilmalie Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 632 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcevicar |
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
Kilmaly 1560, Assumption
Historic formKilmaly Head nameKilmalie PlaceGolspie, parish, aka Kilmalie Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 629 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourceparish |
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
Kilmely 1679, Geog. Coll. III
Historic formKilmely Head nameKilmalie PlaceGolspie, parish, aka Kilmalie Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. III, 103 Date of citation1679 x 1703 Feature named in sourceparish |
Source code
Geog. Coll. III
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Editors
Arthur Mitchel and James Toshach Clark
Series
Scottish History Society
Year
1908
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