English / Map Form: Kilmaurs
Gaelic Form: Cill Mhàrais
Post Town: KILMARNOCK
Postcode area: KA3
County: Ayrshire
Local Authority: East Ayrshire
English / Map Form: Kilmaurs
Gaelic Form: Cill Mhàrais
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
| ecclesiam de Kilmauro | c.1174 Kel. Lib. i no. 283 |
| ecclesiam de Kilmaurum | 1195 RRS ii no. 379 [confirmed to Kelso Abbey] |
| ecclesiam de Kilmauru’ | 1232 Kel. Lib. i no. 279 |
| ecclesiam de Kilmaur’ | 1245 Kel. Lib. i no. 281 [‘in Cunygha |
| ecclesia de Kilmauros | 1246 Kel. Lib. i no. 282 [‘in Cunygham’] |
| ecclesi de Kilmauro | XXXX Kel. Lib. i no. 284 |
| ecclesiam de Kilmauro | XXXX Kel. Lib. i no. 285 |
| ecclesiam de Kilmauro | XXXX Kel. Lib. i no. 286 [‘de Cynigham’] |
| (our kirklands of our kirk of) Kylmavris | 1506 Kel. Lib. ii no. 535 |
Cill Maurs 1907 Am Fèillire, 46
Thanks to Simon Taylor for the early forms. Although the identity of the saint here is not clear, the proposed form fits with the early forms best, in terms of lenition and slenderisation seen in other male saints’ names.
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