Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kingsbarns, modern parish
Grid reference
NO 593 120 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
359300 712000
Latitude
56.29876750779347
Longitude
-2.657732072147814
County
Fife
Nearby places
Kilduncan, ~eccles. Kingsbarns FIF (0.99 miles)
Kilduncan, settlement Kingsbarns (0.99 miles)
Ladylands, settlement, Kingsbarns (1.75 miles)
Inchmurdo, settlement SSL (1.89 miles)
Rude Well, Crail (2.8 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Crail, parish (formerly)
Contains Kingsbarns, modern parish
Within Kingsbarns, modern parish
Relationships with other places
Contains Kilduncan, ~eccles. Kingsbarns FIF
Contains Kilduncan, settlement Kingsbarns
Contains Ladylands, settlement, Kingsbarns
Parish details
Kingsbarns formerly part of Crail CRA, erected out of Crail in 1633 (RPS 1633/6/98).
Parish TLA
KBS
County
Fife
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kingsbarns
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Kingsbarns
Place
Kingsbarns, 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
Kingsbarnes 1633, RPS
Historic formKingsbarnes This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKingsbarns PlaceKingsbarns, modern parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRPS, 1633/6/98 Date of citation1633 x 1633 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:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
