Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lerwick, parish (Shetland)
Grid reference
HU 477 410 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
447700 114100
Latitude
60.151246765748695
Longitude
-1.140794674560792
Nearby places
Maryfield, settlement Bressay (0.89 miles)
Annfield by Heogan (1.68 miles)
South Maryfield in Bressay (1.69 miles)
St John's Chapel, Bressay (2.08 miles)
St Ola's Church, Bressay (Shetland) (2.19 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the eighteenth-century church built in the town of Lerwick.
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Parish TLA
LWK
County
Shetland
Medieval diocese
Orkney
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lerwick
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Lerwick
Place
Lerwick, parish (Shetland)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
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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Satellite map with labels:
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
