Kilmelford

Cille Mheilfheart

Meaning

church of Meilfheart

Settlement

Location

Argyll & Bute

Argyll & Bute

NM849131

English / Map Form: Kilmelford

Gaelic Form: Cille Mheilfheart

Location: Mid-Argyll

Post Town: OBAN

County: Argyll & Bute

Local Authority: Argyll & Bute

English / Map Form: Kilmelford

Gaelic Form: Cille Mheilfheart

Genitive Form: Chille Mheilfheart

Element Meaning

G nom. sg. cill, fem. ‘church’ + lenited gen. sg. en. ON Meallart

Sources

Kilmelfort 1654 Blaeu Map Lorne
Kilmelphort 1695 Retours (Argyle) 93

Chille Melford (gen.)

An Fhianuis, 1846, 376
Melford… is pronounced Meil’arst MacKinnon, 1880, ch. 6
Meil’ar(s)t Henderson 1910, 160
Cill mhealaird 1912 Dwelly
Meallart Cox 2005, 85
Meallart or Cill Mheallart JM