Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Church, Eday
Grid reference
HY 568 328 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
356800 103280
Latitude
59.18014028622386
Longitude
-2.7559640181349536
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Orkney
Nearby places
Eday, parish (Orkney) (0 miles)
Bredakirk, Eday (2.26 miles)
Hannah's Kirk (2.65 miles)
John's Hill, on Stronsay (4.87 miles)
St Catherine's Bay, Stronsay (5.48 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The church is shown with a kirk/chapel symbol on Blaeu Orkney & Shetland (1654), but not named.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Eday, parish (Orkney)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary's Church
Head name
St Mary's Church
Place
St Mary's Church, Eday
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
St Mary's Church 1970, OS 6 inch
Historic formSt Mary's Church Head nameSt Mary's Church PlaceSt Mary's Church, Eday Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch, get edition or revision number, 1970s Date of citation1970 x 1979 Notes on the context of this place-nameAround 1960. |
Source code
OS 6 inch
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 inch Provisional Edition
Notes
Around 1960.
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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