Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Church, South Uist (RC)
Grid reference
NF 732 296 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
73200 829600
Latitude
57.24021418539621
Longitude
-7.418424397615541
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
Sligeanach Kildonan, South Uist (0.67 miles)
Cill Donnain, Kildonan, ~eccles. South Uist (0.93 miles)
Loch Chill Donnain, South Uist (1 miles)
Cill Donnain/Kildonan, settlemt. South Uist (1.33 miles)
Gleann Chill Donnain, South Uist (1.58 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
A modern church.
Relationships with other parishes
Within South Uist, modern parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary's Church
Head name
St Mary's Church
Place
St Mary's Church, South Uist (RC)
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
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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Satellite map with labels:
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
