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Church

Gilltown (Gilltown ED), County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Gilltown, County Kildare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Gilltown (Gilltown ED)
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Site of Church
Latest-edition OS map
Church (Site of)
Coordinates
53.10691, -6.71362
SMR number
KD029-016----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In an overgrown graveyard (KD029-016001-). In 1192 Inchbrislane [Gilltown] and Brannockstown [KD029-013----] were granted with Domnachmor (Yagae) [KD029-013----] to St. Patrick's. … In 1275, the Chapel of Gilltown or Kilton, alias Inchebrislane, belonged to the Cistercian Monastery at Baltinglass, which had a Magna Grangia [monastic grange] here in 1531 (IHS 1941, 39-40). The church is described as 'downe' in 1630, at the time of Bulkeley's Visitation (IHS 1941b, 80). The church has been levelled and a patch of uneven stony ground may mark it site.

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 06 September 2013

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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