Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Chapel, Damsay, Firth (Orkney)
Grid reference
HY 389 142 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
338900 101420
Latitude
59.01091770883486
Longitude
-3.0639599404118942
Altitude (metres)
10
County
Orkney
Nearby places
Firth, parish ORK (1.77 miles)
St Mary's Kirk in Rendall (2.86 miles)
Kirkwall & St Ola, parish (Orkney) (4.24 miles)
St Olaf's Church, Kirkwall (4.24 miles)
St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall (4.27 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Ben's Orkney (1529) records of 'Damsay Insula' that there are no lumps/rising ground here, but it is the most peaceful of all, and is called Tempe. There is a church in this island dedicated to the Virgin Mary, to which many pregnant women come (Geog. Coll. iii, 307)
Relationships with other parishes
Within Firth, parish ORK
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary's Chapel
Head name
St Mary's Chapel
Place
St Mary's Chapel, Damsay, Firth (Orkney)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
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
Ecclesia ... dedicata Mariae Virgini 1529, Geog. Coll. III
Historic formEcclesia ... dedicata Mariae Virgini Head nameSt Mary's Chapel PlaceSt Mary's Chapel, Damsay, Firth (Orkney) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. III, 307 Date of citation1529 x 1529 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. III
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Editors
Arthur Mitchel and James Toshach Clark
Series
Scottish History Society
Year
1908
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
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