Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Cross Kirk, CBS (Sanday ORK)
Grid reference
HY 653 392 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
365300 103920
Latitude
59.23839642829331
Longitude
-2.608253304239266
Nearby places
Cross, former parish, CBS (Sanday ORK) (0 miles)
Cross & Burness, parish (Sanday ORK) (0.66 miles)
Ladybank, settlement Lady (Sanday ORK) (1.42 miles)
Lady Kirk, eccles. Lady, CBS (Sanday ORK) (1.49 miles)
Lady Kirkyard, Lady (Sanday ORK) (1.49 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Cross Kirk
Head name
Cross Kirk
Place
Cross Kirk, CBS (Sanday ORK)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formecclesiam ... S. Crucis Head nameCross Kirk PlaceCross Kirk, CBS (Sanday ORK) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1529 x 1529 |
Historic formecclesiam ... S. Crucis Head nameCross Kirk PlaceCross Kirk, CBS (Sanday ORK) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1529 x 1529 |
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
Historic formecclesiam ... S. Crucis Head nameCross Kirk PlaceCross Kirk, CBS (Sanday ORK) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1529 x 1529 |
Sancte Crucis 1545, RMS
Historic formSancte Crucis Head nameCross Kirk PlaceCross Kirk, CBS (Sanday ORK) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 3102 Date of citation1545 x 1545 Feature named in sourcerectoria Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Croce Kirk 1654, Blaeu
Historic formCroce Kirk Head nameCross Kirk PlaceCross Kirk, CBS (Sanday ORK) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Saints in this place-name
Cross (ns) (certain)
Cross, Crux (certain)
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