Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Nicholas Church, Holm (Orkney)
Grid reference
HY 510 006 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
351000 100060
Latitude
58.89034109516491
Longitude
-2.8502770293069593
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Orkney
Nearby places
St Mary's, settlement, Holm ORK (2.27 miles)
St Peter's Kirk, St Andrews & Deerness ORK (2.72 miles)
Burray, former parish, South Ronaldsay ORK (2.86 miles)
St Lawrence's Church, S. Ronaldsay (Burray) (2.86 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
A medieval church site, in a graveyard on a rounded elevation. A cross-slab with Celtic ornament was found here, and other carved stone (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Holm (& Pablay), parish ORK
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Nicholas Church
Head name
St Nicholas Church
Place
St Nicholas Church, Holm (Orkney)
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
St Nicholas church 1793, OSA
Historic formSt Nicholas church Head nameSt Nicholas Church PlaceSt Nicholas Church, Holm (Orkney) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, v, 412 Date of citation1793 x 1793 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Saints in this place-name
Nicholas (ns) (certain)
Nicholas, bishop of Myra (certain)
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