Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Ola Kirk, North Ronaldsay, CBS (Orkney)
Grid reference
HY 750 530 (general (5km))
Six-figure easting & northing
375000 105300
Latitude
59.36301481267189
Longitude
-2.439826419249226
County
Orkney
Nearby places
Bride's Loch, North Ronaldsay (1.33 miles)
Bridesness, settlment N. Ronaldsay CBS ORK (1.34 miles)
Bride's Noust, North Ronaldsay (1.39 miles)
North Ronaldsay, former parish, CBS (Orkney) (1.45 miles)
Bride's Kirk, North Ronaldsay ORK (1.45 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Cross & Burness, parish (Sanday ORK)
Within North Ronaldsay, former parish, CBS (Orkney) (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?S. Ola Kirk
Head name
S. Ola Kirk
Place
St Ola Kirk, North Ronaldsay, CBS (Orkney)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
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
S. Ola Kirk 1654, Blaeu
Historic formS. Ola Kirk Head nameS. Ola Kirk PlaceSt Ola Kirk, North Ronaldsay, CBS (Orkney) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Orkney & Shetland Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Saints in this place-name
Olaf (ns) (certain)
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