Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Michael's Burial Ground, South Uist
Grid reference
NF 756 466 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
75600 846600
Latitude
57.393969781467554
Longitude
-7.401150228663142
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
Aird Choinnich, South Uist (0.42 miles)
Kilchainie, ~eccles., South Uist (0.45 miles)
St Michael's Church (modern), South Uist (0.51 miles)
Kilchainie, settlement South Uist (0.53 miles)
Cill Amhlaidh, eccl. South Uist (0.55 miles)
Object Classification
Other
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
A modern cemetery.
Relationships with other parishes
Within South Uist, modern parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Michael's Burial Ground
Head name
St Michael's Burial Ground
Place
St Michael's Burial Ground, South Uist
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
St Michael's Burial Ground 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Michael's Burial Ground Head nameSt Michael's Burial Ground PlaceSt Michael's Burial Ground, South Uist 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
Michael (ns) (certain)
Michael, Archangel (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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