Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Michael's Church, Harray, Birsay & Hry
Grid reference
HY 314 179 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
331400 101790
Latitude
59.043003706137355
Longitude
-3.1956822219504413
Altitude (metres)
45
County
Orkney
Nearby places
Harray, former parish, Birsay & Harray (1.18 miles)
Mary Kirk, eccles. Harray, Birsay & Harray (1.18 miles)
St Mary's Kirk, Grimston in Harray (2.31 miles)
Stenness, parish (Orkney) (3.42 miles)
Firth, parish ORK (3.95 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Birsay & Harray
Within Harray, former parish, Birsay & Harray (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Michael's Church
Head name
St Michael's Church
Place
St Michael's Church, Harray, Birsay & Hry
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
Michael (ns) (certain)
Michael, Archangel (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
