Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Irvine, parish AYR
Grid reference
NS 322 386 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
232200 638600
Latitude
55.61201407105603
Longitude
-4.664470293745826
Nearby places
St Mary's Church, Irvine (0 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Irvine (0.06 miles)
Brydskirk, Irvine (1.23 miles)
St Inan's Well, Irvine (1.3 miles)
Dreghorn, parish (1.81 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Irvine Old Parish Church, built 1774. No indication of a medieval kirk here is given by NMRS.
Relationships with other places
Contains Brydskirk, Irvine
Contains St Inan's Well, Irvine
Contains St Inan's Well, Irvine
Contains St Mary's Chapel, Irvine
Contains St Mary's Church, Irvine
Parish TLA
IRV
County
Ayrshire
Medieval diocese
Glasgow
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Irvine
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Irvine
Place
Irvine, parish AYR
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
Irvyn 1566, Assumption
Historic formIrvyn This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameIrvine PlaceIrvine, parish AYR Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 576 Date of citation1566 x 1566 Feature named in sourcekirk |
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
Place-name data
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