Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Mary Kirk, eccles. Harray, Birsay & Harray
Grid reference
HY 295 177 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
329500 101770
Latitude
59.04089824610835
Longitude
-3.228725990577956
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Orkney
Nearby places
Harray, former parish, Birsay & Harray (0 miles)
St Michael's Church, Harray, Birsay & Hry (1.18 miles)
St Mary's Kirk, Grimston in Harray (2.36 miles)
Stenness, parish (Orkney) (3.42 miles)
St Peter's Church, Sandwick (Orkney) (4 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Ben recorded this church in 1529: 'Hic est magna Ecclesia dedicata Sanctae Mariae, vulgus vocat. The Ladey of Grace de qua homines multa fabulantur' (Geog. Coll. iii, 309) (Here is the great church dedicated to St Mary, commonly called 'The Lady of Grace' of which men tell many stories). This site is shown on 'Kirk Quoy' in the parish of Harray on OS 6 inch 1st edn., in which Harray and Birsay are shown as two separate parishes. NMRS records that there is now trace of the kirk or burial ground.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Birsay & Harray
Within Harray, former parish, Birsay & Harray (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Mary Kirk
Head name
Mary Kirk
Place
Mary Kirk, eccles. Harray, Birsay & Harray
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
Ecclesia dedicata Sanctae Mariae 1529, Geog. Coll. III
Historic formEcclesia dedicata Sanctae Mariae Head nameMary Kirk PlaceMary Kirk, eccles. Harray, Birsay & Harray Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. III, 309 Date of citation1529 x 1529 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. III
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Editors
Arthur Mitchel and James Toshach Clark
Series
Scottish History Society
Year
1908
Mary Kirk 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formMary Kirk Head nameMary Kirk PlaceMary Kirk, eccles. Harray, Birsay & Harray 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.
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