Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Boniface's Church, Papa Westray (ORK)
Grid reference
HY 488 526 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
348800 105260
Latitude
59.35705451758112
Longitude
-2.9006201591861087
Altitude (metres)
10
County
Orkney
Nearby places
Papa Westray, parish (Orkney) (0.06 miles)
St Tredwell's Chapel, Papa Westray (ORK) (1.2 miles)
Loch of St Tredwell, Papa Westray (ORK) (1.3 miles)
Lady Kirk, eccles. Westray (ORK) (3.84 miles)
Westray, parish (Orkney) (3.84 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Hogback stone. Twelfth-century building, rebuilt circa 1700 (NMRS). NMRS records remains of Iron Age and Pictish settlement at the site, and two Early Christian cross-slabs.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Boniface's Church
Head name
St Boniface's Church
Place
St Boniface's Church, Papa Westray (ORK)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formBoniface Head nameSt Boniface's Church PlaceSt Boniface's Church, Papa Westray (ORK) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Orkney and Shetland Date of citation1654 x 1654 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
St Boniface's Church 1970
Historic formSt Boniface's Church Head nameSt Boniface's Church PlaceSt Boniface's Church, Papa Westray (ORK) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1970 x 1979 |
St Boniface's Church 1970
Historic formSt Boniface's Church Head nameSt Boniface's Church PlaceSt Boniface's Church, Papa Westray (ORK) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1970 x 1979 |
Author
Taylor, Simon
Source title
Iona Abbots in Scottish Place-Names
Editors
Dauvit Broun and Thomas Owen Clancy
Pages
35-70
Volume
Spes Scotorum, Hope of Scots:
Year
1999
St Boniface's Church 1970
Historic formSt Boniface's Church Head nameSt Boniface's Church PlaceSt Boniface's Church, Papa Westray (ORK) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1970 x 1979 |
Saints in this place-name
Boniface (ns) (certain)
Boniface of Rosemarkie (maybe)
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