Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Columba's Church, Soroby (Tiree)
Grid reference
NL 983 416 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
98300 741600
Latitude
56.46975672094774
Longitude
-6.899801053727489
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Soroby, former parish, Tiree (Tiree) (0 miles)
Tiree, modern parish (2.36 miles)
St Patrick's Chapel, Tiree (Tiree) (3 miles)
Kilmaluaig, eccles., Tiree (3.08 miles)
Kilkenneth, settlement (Tiree) (3.12 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR inferred from Cladh Soroby, where the church of St Columba stood (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Soroby, former parish, Tiree (Tiree) (formerly)
Within Tiree, modern parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ecclesia Sancti Columbae
Head name
Ecclesia Sancti Columbae
Place
St Columba's Church, Soroby (Tiree)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
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
Ecclesia Sancti Columbe 1421, Highland Papers
Historic formEcclesia Sancti Columbe Head nameEcclesia Sancti Columbae PlaceSt Columba's Church, Soroby (Tiree) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceHighland Papers, iv, 169 Date of citation1421 x 1421 Feature named in sourcechurch |
MacPhail, J.R.N, 1914-34, Highland Papers (4 vols), Scottish History Society, Edinburgh.
Saints in this place-name
Columb, Colmán, Commán, Mo Cholmóc, Mo Chommóc, Mo Chumma, Columba, Columbanus etc (ns) (certain)
Columb Cille m. Feidlimid (certain)
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