St Quivox is a small Scottish village north of Ayr and east of

Prestwick Prestwick ( gd, Preastabhaig) is a town in South Ayrshire on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland about southwest of Glasgow. It adjoins the larger town of Ayr to the south on the Firth of Clyde coast, the centre of which is about south, an ...

. It lies on the B7035 east of the A77.

History

The uniquely named village is said to be a corruption either of St Kevoca, St Kevoch or St

Kennocha Saint Kennocha (or Kennoch, Kennotha, Kevoca, Kyle, Enoch; died 1007) was a Scottish nun who is venerated as a saint in the area of Glasgow, Scotland. She is remembered on 25 March. She is included in the ''Book of Saints'' by the Monks of Ramsga ...

. It is thought to have been a Christian settlement since the 8th century. It was previously known as Sanchar (Sanquhar) in Kyle, and was renamed after its church (and its saint) in the Middle Ages. Auchincruive House and church lie within the parish boundary. Auchincruive church was described as a "rectory" in 1208 and from 1221 to 1238 was linked to a

Gilbertine The Gilbertine Order of Canons Regular was founded around 1130 by Saint Gilbert in Sempringham, Lincolnshire, where Gilbert was the parish priest. It was the only completely English religious order and came to an end in the 16th century at ...

Priory at Dalmilling or Dalmulin, the only Gilbertine Priory in Scotland, but from 1238 to 1560 was under the control of

Paisley Abbey Paisley Abbey is a parish church of the Church of Scotland on the east bank of the White Cart Water in the centre of the town of Paisley, Renfrewshire, about west of Glasgow, in Scotland. Its origins date from the 12th century, based on a for ...

before becoming a parish church. After the Reformation the church came under the patronage of Alan, 4th Lord Cathcart who then owned Auchincruive House and he instructed a repair and remodelling of the church to Protestant standards in 1595. The church was substantially rebuilt in the 18th century. The Scottish Agricultural College was built in the parish in 1927.

Notable residents

*Very Rev Archibald Charteris (1835-1908) parish minister 1858/9 * Ross Drinnan (1883–1948), first-class cricketer * Thomas Fergus (1850-1914) NZ politician * David Hill (1881-1928) footballer *Rev Dr William McQuhae parish minister 1764 to 1820 * Dr Thomas Oliver (1853-1942) * George Oswald * Very Rev George Reid (1693-1763)

References

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