Northmavine, parish (Shetland)

Grid reference

HU 320 780 (vague location)

Six-figure easting & northing

432000 117800

Latitude

60.48500858230841

Longitude

-1.4176882552190164

Nearby places

St Magnus's Chapel, Northmavine (Shetland) (2.61 miles)

Hillswick, former parish, Northmavine (2.61 miles)

Ollaberry, former parish, Northmavine (Shetland) (3.24 miles)

St Ola Kirk, Ollaberry, Northmavine (Shet) (3.33 miles)

Laurence Loch, Northmavine (Shetland) (5.52 miles)

Object Classification

Parish (extant in 1975)

Is linear feature?

No

Relationships with other parishes

Contains Hillswick, former parish, Northmavine

Contains Northrew, former parish, Northmavine (Shetland)

Contains Ollaberry, former parish, Northmavine (Shetland)

Relationships with other places

Contains Cross Kirk, Northmavine (Shetland)

Contains Laurence Loch, Northmavine (Shetland)

Contains Laurence Loch, Northmavine (Shetland)

Contains St Magnus Bay, Shetland

Check to see if adjacent to other parishes

Contains St Magnus's Chapel, Northmavine (Shetland)

Contains St Ola Kirk, Ollaberry, Northmavine (Shet)

Parish details

Northmavine.

Parish TLA

NMV

County

Shetland

Medieval diocese

Orkney

Parish notes

United with Hillswick, Northrew [now North Roe] and Ollaberry in 16th c., the bp. of Orkney possessed half the corn teind of the parsonage, the residual teinds being the vicar’s (PSAS xliv, 304). Cowan 1967, 158.