Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Olaf's Church, Kirkwall
Grid reference
HY 450 111 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
345000 101110
Latitude
58.983907645746044
Longitude
-2.9569834108951
County
Orkney
Nearby places
Kirkwall & St Ola, parish (Orkney) (0 miles)
St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall (0.2 miles)
St Olaf's Episcopal Church, Kirkwall (0.32 miles)
Lady's Kirk, Shapinsay (Orkney) (3.51 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Damsay, Firth (Orkney) (4.24 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The street beside the site of this kirk is still called (OS Digimap) St Olaf's Wynd. See NMRS for detailed information on the (sixteenth-century) building, rebuilt by Bishop RObert Reid who held the see from 1540 till the Reformation. All that survives of the original building seems to be its southern doorway.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Olaf's Church
Head name
St Olaf's Church
Place
St Olaf's Church, Kirkwall
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
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
Sant Olave Kirk 1481
Historic formSant Olave Kirk Head nameSt Olaf's Church PlaceSt Olaf's Church, Kirkwall Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1481 x 1481 |
Sant Olave Kirk 1481
Historic formSant Olave Kirk Head nameSt Olaf's Church PlaceSt Olaf's Church, Kirkwall Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1481 x 1481 |
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
Sant Olave Kirk 1481
Historic formSant Olave Kirk Head nameSt Olaf's Church PlaceSt Olaf's Church, Kirkwall Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1481 x 1481 |
Saint Olauis Kirk 1529, Geog. Coll. III
Historic formSaint Olauis Kirk Head nameSt Olaf's Church PlaceSt Olaf's Church, Kirkwall Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. III, 308 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
St Olla's church 1726, Geog. Coll. I
Historic formSt Olla's church Head nameSt Olaf's Church PlaceSt Olaf's Church, Kirkwall Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. I, p. 147 Date of citation1726 x 1726 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. I
Author
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
1 of 3
Year
1906
St Ola's Church 1881
Historic formSt Ola's Church Head nameSt Olaf's Church PlaceSt Olaf's Church, Kirkwall Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1881 x 1881 |
St Ola's Church 1881
Historic formSt Ola's Church Head nameSt Olaf's Church PlaceSt Olaf's Church, Kirkwall Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1881 x 1881 |
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
St Ola's Church 1881
Historic formSt Ola's Church Head nameSt Olaf's Church PlaceSt Olaf's Church, Kirkwall Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1881 x 1881 |
Saints in this place-name
Olaf (ns) (certain)
Olaf, king of Norway (probable)
Relationships with other place names
Name is part of Kirkwall & St Ola, Kirkwall & St Ola, parish (Orkney)
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