Kirkgunȝeon (Scottish Gaelic: Cill Fhionnain) is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland. The village is 10.4 miles (16.7 km) south west of Dumfries and 4.1 miles (6.6 km) north east of Dalbeattie. The civil parish is in the former county of Kirkcudbrightshire, and is bounded by the parishes Lochrutton to the north, Urr to the west, Colvend and Southwick to the south and New Abbey to the east.
Kirkgunzeon is recorded in c.1200 as Kirkwynnin.[1]Wynnin represents a Cumbric form of the Gaelic Finnén, a diminutive of Findbarr.[1] William J. Watson takes this to be Findbarr of Moyville.[1] Thomas Clancy argues the name commemorates Uinniau a local British saint, not recorded in literary records.[2]
^ abcWatson, W. J. (1926). The Celtic Place-Names of Scotland. Edinburgh and London. p. 165. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Clancy, Thomas Owen (2001). "The real St Ninian". The Innes Review. 52: 17, 20. doi:10.3366/inr.2001.52.1.1.
Kirkgunȝeon (Scottish Gaelic: Cill Fhionnain) is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland. The village is 10.4 miles (16...
Kirkgunzeon railway station served the village of Kirkgunzeon, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland from 1859 to 1950 on the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway...
Galloway that lends its name to the adjacent stream Kirkgunzeon Lane and the nearby Isles of Kirkgunzeon Farm and Cottage; Lenzie – now pronounced as written...
Kirkdale 15c Ramsey Hannay of Kirkdale, Baron of Kirkdale The Baron of Kirkgunzeon The Baron of Kirkintilloch 1184 extinct The Baron of Kirkliston 1618...
689200°W / 55.016200; -3.689200 Type freshwater loch Primary outflows Kirkgunzeon Lane Basin countries Scotland Max. length 0.5 mi (0.80 km) Max. width...
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Church". Retrieved 21 January 2021. Lewis, Trish (2 October 2013). "Kirkgunzeon Church to close". Daily Record. Retrieved 27 January 2021. "Craigie Symington...
Burn (R) Water of Deugh (R) Carsphairn Lane (R) Urr catchment Urr Water Kirkgunzeon Lane (L) Nith catchment River Nith New Abbey Pow (R) Cargen Water (R)...
Preceding station Disused railways Following station Kirkgunzeon Line and station closed Glasgow and South Western Railway Castle Douglas and Dumfries...
Lochanhead; asked if he had seen the staff "he could not remember clearly". At Kirkgunzeon he received a ticket again, and was not shown the staff. At Dalbeattie...
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