Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Stronsay St Nicholas, former parish, Stronsay ORK
Grid reference
HY 660 222 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
366000 102220
Latitude
59.08578042082417
Longitude
-2.593334297981391
County
Orkney
Nearby places
St Nicholas Kirk, XSN, Stronsay (0 miles)
Stronsay, modern parish (Orkney) (1.28 miles)
Lady Kirk, eccles., XSL, Stronsay (Orkney) (1.9 miles)
Lady, former parish, Stronsay (Orkney) (1.9 miles)
St Salvador, settlement, Stronsay (Orkney) (2.2 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Medieval parish, the NGR given by NMRS for St Nicholas Church, Stronsay.
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Contains St Nicholas Kirk, XSN, Stronsay
Parish TLA
XSN
Medieval diocese
Orkney
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Nicholas
Head name
St Nicholas
Place
Stronsay St Nicholas, former parish, Stronsay 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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Nicolas 1832, Thomson Atlas
Historic formSt Nicolas Head nameSt Nicholas PlaceStronsay St Nicholas, former parish, Stronsay ORK Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceThomson Atlas Date of citation1832 x 1832 Feature named in sourceparish Notes on the context of this place-nameDigital images of the Atlas avaialble on NLS website. http://maps.nls.uk/atlas/thomson/893.html |
Source code
Thomson Atlas
Author
John Thomson
Source title
John Thomson's Atlas of Scotland
Year
1832
Notes
Digital images of the Atlas avaialble on NLS website. http://maps.nls.uk/atlas/thomson/893.html
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