Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Paul's Kirk, Dunrossness (Shetland)
Grid reference
HU 433 279 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
443300 112790
Latitude
60.03411044657366
Longitude
-1.2228159158940781
County
Shetland
Nearby places
Cunningsburgh, former parish, Dunrossness (0 miles)
Sandwick, former parish, DNR (Shetland) (2.61 miles)
Burra, former parish, Lerwick (Shetland) (4.57 miles)
St Laurence's Church, Burra, Lerwick (Shet) (4.57 miles)
Quarff, former parish, Lerwick, Shetland (4.62 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The kirk indicated by Blaeu (1654) as 'S. Pauls K.' seems to lie at or near the kirk and graveyard of Mail. It is the old parish kirk of Cunningsburgh/Mail, now in Dunrossness.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Cunningsburgh, former parish, Dunrossness (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Paul's Kirk
Head name
St Paul's Kirk
Place
St Paul's Kirk, Dunrossness (Shetland)
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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. Pauls K
Historic formS. Pauls K Head nameSt Paul's Kirk PlaceSt Paul's Kirk, Dunrossness (Shetland) 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
Paul (ns) (certain)
Paul, apostle (probable)
Paul the hermit, of Thebes (doubtful)
Place-name data
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