Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Magnus's Church, Tingwall, Shetland
Grid reference
HU 419 438 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
441800 114370
Latitude
60.17613675596728
Longitude
-1.2465032705561394
County
Shetland
Nearby places
Tingwall, parish (Shetland) (0.06 miles)
Whiteness, former parish, Tingwall (Shetland) (2.03 miles)
St Ola's Church, Whiteness, Tingwall (Shetland) (2.03 miles)
Annfield by Heogan (3.59 miles)
Lerwick, parish (Shetland) (4.02 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Conjectured as 12th century, but not certain. Site of church built 1778; seventeenth-century stones in graveyard
Relationships with other parishes
Within Tingwall, parish (Shetland)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Magnus's Church
Head name
St Magnus's Church
Place
St Magnus's Church, Tingwall, Shetland
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
St Magnus's Church 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Magnus's Church Head nameSt Magnus's Church PlaceSt Magnus's Church, Tingwall, Shetland Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Saints in this place-name
Magnus (ns) (certain)
Magnus of Orkney, martyr (certain)
