Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Laurence's Church, Burra, Lerwick (Shet)
Grid reference
HU 368 314 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
436800 113140
Latitude
60.06617281782553
Longitude
-1.3388453258517508
County
Shetland
Nearby places
Burra, former parish, Lerwick (Shetland) (0 miles)
Quarff, former parish, Lerwick, Shetland (4.28 miles)
Cunningsburgh, former parish, Dunrossness (4.57 miles)
St Paul's Kirk, Dunrossness (Shetland) (4.57 miles)
Sandwick, former parish, DNR (Shetland) (6.21 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
See NMRS (Canmore ID 629) for the present church standing on the site of the remains of St Laurence's, possibly a twelfth century building. Early medieval carved stones have been uncovered at the site including the famous Papil Stone, and parts of slab shrines and a fragment of interlaced cross slab. 'Charles Thomas considers this to have been the site of the chief Dark Age monastery of southern Zetland'.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Burra, former parish, Lerwick (Shetland) (formerly)
Within Lerwick, parish (Shetland)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Laurence's Church
Head name
St Laurence's Church
Place
St Laurence's Church, Burra, Lerwick (Shet)
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Laurence's Church 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Laurence's Church Head nameSt Laurence's Church PlaceSt Laurence's Church, Burra, Lerwick (Shet) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Feature named in sourceChurch on site of 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
Laurence (ns) (certain)
Laurence, Roman martyr (certain)
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