English / Map Form: Kildrummy
Gaelic Form: Ceann Drumaidh
Post Town: ALFORD
Postcode area: AB33
County: Aberdeenshire
Local Authority: Aberdeenshire
English / Map Form: Kildrummy
Gaelic Form: Ceann Drumaidh
Sources
ecclesia de Kindrumy 1245×55 Arb. Lib. i, 242
ecclesi[a] de Kyndrummy 1270×79 Abdn. Reg. ii, 52
“cean-dromaidh and cean-drumaidh (John Michie says he has heard both” Diack MS2276
“[kɪlˈdrʌme, kɪlˈdrɪme, kɪlˈdrɔməɪ]. Pronounced Kildrummy; sometimes nearly Kildrimmy or Kildromie…. (Gael, cean-dromaidh and cean- drumaidh—D.) The old spellings together with the Gaelic form show that the name is ceann druim(in), end of the ridge. It illustrates the facility with which Scot, speech may turn Kin- into Kil-. Kildrummie in Nairn has similar old forms.” Alexander, 308
Thanks to Simon Taylor for the early forms.