OS1/10/30/9
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE NIPES | The Knipes The Knypes |
James Baty Alexander Stuart John Laing. Dr. [Doctor] Simpson. |
002 | A small green knoll of slight elevation to the north of Friarminnan over whose summit the boundary between the Counties of Ayr and Dumfries passes. The name may be derived from the gaelic "Creap", " a spherical gem", as its form and aspect would bear such an interpretation. Dr. [Doctor] Simpson gives it as "Knypes", synifying , "The Heights", |
Continued entries/extra info
Parish of Kirkconnel Sheet 2.5. Trace No.[Number] 1At the foot of the page a signature: C. A. Thos [Thomas] Matheson,
Transcriber's notes
Written across 4 columns "Nipes-adapted to agree with Auchenleck - [cannot decipher the letters at the end]The Knipes/Knypes - in the situation column in red ink is written "On the Boundary between Kirkconnel And Auchinleck in Ayrshire"
in the description column in red ink we read "The word is of frequent occurrence in this district, but is not recognised by Jamieson or other authority. The probability is that that it is a povincialism [r is missing] derived from Gaelic Cnap, a hillock or a corruption of Scotch Knap a hillock the crown which is syn: [synonymous] with the German Knappe, or it may be taken from Goth: [Gothic] Knap the summit or brow of a hill, or Saxon cnap- as when Christ was led "into the brow of the Hill" - the Saxon expression is " was muntes Cnap"
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