Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lady Kirkyard, Lady (Sanday ORK)
Grid reference
HY 677 399 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
367700 103990
Latitude
59.24486509641339
Longitude
-2.5680437160352145
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Orkney
Nearby places
Lady Kirk, eccles. Lady, CBS (Sanday ORK) (0 miles)
Ladykirk, parish (Sanday ORK) (0.06 miles)
Ladybank, settlement Lady (Sanday ORK) (0.18 miles)
Cross & Burness, parish (Sanday ORK) (0.99 miles)
Cross, former parish, CBS (Sanday ORK) (1.49 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
At Ladykirk. A late restoration (1771 and 1881) but some 17th century remains too.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lady Kirkyard
Head name
Lady Kirkyard
Place
Lady Kirkyard, Lady (Sanday 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
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Lady, Our Lady (certain)
Place-name data
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Satellite map with labels:
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
