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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
Relationships with other places
Contains Cross Kirk, Northmavine (Shetland)
Contains Laurence Loch, Northmavine (Shetland)
Contains Laurence Loch, Northmavine (Shetland)
Contains St Magnus Bay, Shetland
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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.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Northmavine
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Northmavine
Place
Northmavine, 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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No