Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Laxavoe, former parish, Delting
Grid reference
HU 440 630 (general (5km))
Six-figure easting & northing
444000 116300
Latitude
60.349197358264774
Longitude
-1.202646091733519
County
Shetland
Nearby places
Olnafirth, former parish Delting (2.26 miles)
Lunnasting, former parish, Nesting (Shetland) (2.67 miles)
Nesting, parish (Shetland) (4.61 miles)
Delting, parish (4.84 miles)
Lady Knowe, Delting (Shetland) (6.51 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the village of Laxo, at the head of OS Digimap Laxo Voe.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Delting, parish
Parish details
Laxavoe now part of Delting DTG
Parish TLA
LVX
Medieval diocese
Orkney
Parish notes
United with Delting and Olnafirth in the sixteenth century (Cowan 1967, 129).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Laxavoe
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Laxavoe
Place
Laxavoe, former parish, Delting
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
