Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Chapel, Wyre
Grid reference
HY 442 262 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
344200 102620
Latitude
59.11940347433259
Longitude
-2.9747339788621896
Altitude (metres)
20
Nearby places
Egilsay, former parish, Rousay & Egilsay ORK (2.95 miles)
St Magnus's Church, on Egilsay (2.95 miles)
Rendall, former parish, Evie & Rendall ORK (3.41 miles)
St Thomas's Kirk, Rendall (3.41 miles)
St Nicholas's Chapel, Evie (4.4 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Fix parish. It's in Rousay/Rousay&Eglisay parish. It is 115 m from Cubbie Roo's Castle. It is a twelfth-century chapel, in ruins in 18th century, later rebuilt.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Unknown
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary's Chapel
Head name
St Mary's Chapel
Place
St Mary's Chapel, Wyre
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
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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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
