Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Helen Head, Foula, Walls & Sandness
Grid reference
HT 971 413 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
397100 114130
Latitude
60.15671613693342
Longitude
-2.052244495071859
County
Shetland
Nearby places
Foula, former parish, Walls & Sandness (0.95 miles)
St Margaret's Kirk, Sandness, WAS Shetland (16.97 miles)
Sandness, former parish WAS (Shetland) (16.97 miles)
Papastour, former parish, WAS (Shetland) (17.25 miles)
St Ninian's Chapel WAS (17.26 miles)
Object Classification
Coastal
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The name appears on Blaeu/Orkney & Shetland (1654) on the north-eastern tip of Foula.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Foula, former parish, Walls & Sandness (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Helen Head
Head name
St Helen Head
Place
St Helen Head, Foula, Walls & Sandness
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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. Helen Head 1654, Blaeu
Historic formS. Helen Head Head nameSt Helen Head PlaceSt Helen Head, Foula, Walls & Sandness 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
Helen (ns) (certain)
Helen, mother of Constantine (certain)
Place-name data
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