Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Olrig, parish
Grid reference
ND 186 670 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
318600 967000
Latitude
58.58372332730401
Longitude
-3.40016708370221
Nearby places
St Trothan's Church, Olrig (0 miles)
Trothanmas Hillock, Olrig (0.61 miles)
St Clair Cottage, Olrig (0.72 miles)
St Coomb's Kirk, Olrig (1.61 miles)
Dunnet, parish (3.26 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for OS 'St Trothan's Church'.
Relationships with other places
Contains St Clair Cottage, Olrig
Contains St Clair Cottage, Olrig
Contains St Coomb's Kirk, Olrig
Contains St Trothan's Church, Olrig
Contains Trothanmas Hillock, Olrig
Parish TLA
OLR
County
Caithness
Medieval diocese
Caithness
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Olrig
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Olrig
Place
Olrig, parish
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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formOlric This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameOlrig PlaceOlrig, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSHS Misc., vi, 69 Date of citation1276 x 1276 Feature named in sourceprebenda |
Source code
SHS Misc.
Source title
The Miscellany of the Scottish History Society
Year
1893 -
Alrig 1560, Assumption
Historic formAlrig This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameOlrig PlaceOlrig, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 648 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourceparsonage and vicarage |
Source code
Assumption
Source title
The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation
Editors
J. Kirk
Series
Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21
Year
1995
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