Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Reay, parish
Grid reference
NC 969 648 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
296900 964800
Latitude
58.55936651320574
Longitude
-3.772247522433294
Nearby places
Mary's Cottage, Reay (0.33 miles)
St Peter's Chapel, Reay (3.73 miles)
St Mary's Well, Reay (4.57 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Reay (4.69 miles)
Crosskirk, settlement, Thurso (4.88 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Fine early medieval carved cross-slab embedded in the wall of Reay Old Parish Church.
Relationships with other places
Contains Bad Mhairtein, Reay
Contains Bad Mhairtein, Reay
Contains Blàr Mairi, Reay
Contains Cnoc Bad Mhartein, Reay
Contains Loch Bad Mhartein, Reay
Contains Loch Caluim, Halkirk and Reay
the northern part of the loch is in Reay parish
Contains Mary's Cottage, Reay
Contains St Mary's Chapel, Reay
Contains St Mary's Well, Reay
Contains St Peter's Chapel, Reay
Contains Torr Phadruig
Parish TLA
REA
County
Caithness
Medieval diocese
Caithness
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Reay
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Reay
Place
Reay, parish
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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formRa This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameReay PlaceReay, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSHS Misc., vi, 68 Date of citation1276 x 1276 Feature named in sourcevicarius de |
Source code
SHS Misc.
Source title
The Miscellany of the Scottish History Society
Year
1893 -
Ray 1560, Assumption
Historic formRay This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameReay PlaceReay, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 648 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcevicarage |
Source code
Assumption
Source title
The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation
Editors
J. Kirk
Series
Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21
Year
1995
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Modern OS map:
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