Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Andrews & Deerness, parish (Orkney)
Grid reference
HY 520 080 (general (1km))
Six-figure easting & northing
352000 100800
Latitude
58.95691060802837
Longitude
-2.834528386440963
Nearby places
Peterhouse, St Andrews & Deerness (0.44 miles)
St Andrews former parish, StA & Deerness (ORK) (0.53 miles)
St Andrews Church, StA & Deerness (Orkney) (0.53 miles)
St Peter's Kirk, St Andrews & Deerness ORK (2.53 miles)
St Peter's Bay, St Andrews & D'ness (ORK) (2.55 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
ScotlandsPlaces records that the parish of Deerness was annexed into Tankerness/St Andrews in the sixteenth century. It was already a single parish (Sanct Androis parosch and Dernenes) in the 1560s (Assumption 660).
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Deerness, fmr. ph. St Andrews & D'ness ORK
Relationships with other places
Contains Peterhouse, St Andrews & Deerness
Contains St Andrews Church, StA & Deerness (Orkney)
Contains St Ninian's Church, Deerness (Orkney)
Parish details
St Andrews and Deerness
Parish TLA
SAD
County
Orkney
Parish notes
Its two constituent parishes of St Andrews and Deerness are shown as separate parishes on OS 6 inch 1st edn.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Andrews & Deerness
Head name
St Andrews & Deerness
Place
St Andrews & Deerness, parish (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
Sanct Androis and Dernenes 1560, Assumption
Historic formSanct Androis and Dernenes Head nameSt Andrews & Deerness PlaceSt Andrews & Deerness, parish (Orkney) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 660 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourceparish |
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
St. Andrews 1726, Geog. Coll. I
Historic formSt. Andrews Head nameSt Andrews & Deerness PlaceSt Andrews & Deerness, parish (Orkney) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. I, 142 Date of citation1726 x 1726 Feature named in sourceparish |
Source code
Geog. Coll. I
Author
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
1 of 3
Year
1906
Saints in this place-name
Andrew (ns) (certain)
Andrew the apostle (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Name contains Deerness, Deerness, fmr. ph. St Andrews & D'ness ORK
Name contains St Andrews, St Andrews former parish, StA & Deerness (ORK)
Place-name data
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