Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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South Ronaldsay St Mary's, former parish (ORK)
Grid reference
ND 439 842 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
343900 984200
Latitude
58.74219319379029
Longitude
-2.9693426065246644
County
Orkney
Nearby places
St Mary's Church, Burwick, North Ronaldsay (0.06 miles)
St Mary's Church, South Ronaldsay (Orkney) (0.06 miles)
St Colm's Chapel, Burwick, South Ronaldsay (0.12 miles)
St John's Geo, South Ronaldsay (1.36 miles)
Our Lady's Chapel, Halcro, South Ronaldsay (1.53 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for St Mary's Church (OS Digimap)
Relationships with other parishes
Parish TLA
SXM
Medieval diocese
Orkney
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary's
Head name
St Mary's
Place
South Ronaldsay St Mary's, former parish (ORK)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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
Sancte Marie 1545, RMS
Historic formSancte Marie Head nameSt Mary's PlaceSouth Ronaldsay St Mary's, former parish (ORK) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 3101 Date of citation1545 x 1545 Feature named in sourceparish Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
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