Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Peter's Chapel, Brough of Birsay
Grid reference
HY 239 285 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
323900 102850
Latitude
59.13690903874176
Longitude
-3.330046075186538
Altitude (metres)
10
County
Orkney
Nearby places
Birsay, former parish, Birsay & Harray (0.7 miles)
Christ Kirk, Birsay (0.7 miles)
St Magnus Well, Birsay (Orkney) (1.2 miles)
Manswell (1.25 miles)
St Peter's Church, Sandwick (Orkney) (5.41 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Pre-Norse ecclesiastical site, 9th-century Viking farmsteads, later supposed site of 'Christ Church' (but this is problematic). It remained in use for centuries as a parish church.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Birsay & Harray
Within Birsay, former parish, Birsay & Harray (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Peter's Chapel
Head name
St Peter's Chapel
Place
St Peter's Chapel, Brough of Birsay
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
St Peter's Chapel 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Peter's Chapel Head nameSt Peter's Chapel PlaceSt Peter's Chapel, Brough of Birsay Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Saints in this place-name
Peter (ns) (certain)
Peter, apostle (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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